'My ministers don't know Hindi': Mizoram CM writes to Amit Shah

Mizoram chief minister has written to home minister Amit Shah pointing out that state ministers don't understand Hindi and thus Centre's order should be modified in local language.

In his letter CM Pu Zoramthanga has stated that some ministers don't even know English. He has pitched for government orders in local Mizo language.

The CM has also urged Shah to replace the state chief secretary who does not have a working knowledge of the Mizo language.

The CM has also pointed out that previous central governments never appointed a chief secretary who didn't have working understanding of Mizo language.

"A Chief Secretary without the knowledge of a working standard Mizo language will never be an effective and efficient Chief Secretary," the Chief Minister said in his letter.

"Due to this fact, the Government of India never posted a Chief Secretary who does not know the working standard of Mizo language since the creation of the state of Mizoram. Whether it is the UPA Government or the NDA Government at the Centre, this has been a practice since the creation of Mizoram State. It is a well-known fact that in other States of India, a Chief Secretary, who does not know even the basic working language of the the respective state is never posted at all," the Chief Minister added.