I can't understand anything in your letter: BJD MP's response in Odia to union Minister Tomar's letter in Hindi

In what appears to be the latest protest against the Centre’s push to impose Hindi on non-Hindi speaking states, Biju Janata Dal leader Tathagatha Satpathy wrote an Odia letter in response to union minister Narendra Singh Tomar’s Hindi letter inviting him to a government programme.

As per an Outlook report, Satpathy received a letter in Hindi from Union Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Tomar on August 11 inviting him to a programme by the government. In response, Satpathy sent out a reply in Odia telling him that he doesn’t understand Hindi.

Why are Union Ministers forcing Hindi on non Hindi speaking Indians? Is this an attack on other languages? -TS pic.twitter.com/QkcMwKXV1J

— Office of T Satpathy (@SatpathyLive) August 18, 2017

The BJD’s chief whip in the Lok Sabha then told the media that he would send a reply to Tomar in a language he himself understands.

Replied in Oriya to Hon'ble Union Minister Sri Narendra S Tomar expressing inability to comprehend his Hindi letter.
-TS pic.twitter.com/gRVfgUrOln

— Office of T Satpathy (@SatpathyLive) August 19, 2017

“Shri Narendra Singh Tomar ji,

I have received your letter dated 11/08/2017. Thank you for that. But I would like to inform you that I can't understand anything written in this letter as I don't understand Hindi language. I would also like to state that our state Odisha falls in the C category so kindly send us letter in English or Odia.

May Lord Jagannath bless you!”