Raja also alleged there was a "hidden agenda" of the government behind reviving a "dying or a dead language". Tamil is older than Sanskrit and there is record of 'Tamil Sangam' dating back 4,500 years, he said. Raja said they do not accept that Tamil came from Sanskrit. Responding to his comments, DMK member A. He said Sanskrit is the mother of all languages, including Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. Participating in a discussion on the bill, BJP member Satyapal Singh said all languages in the world have their origins in Sanskrit, which he described as an "eternal" language. Kanimozhi asked whether the minister was a linguist to make such a claim. Taking strong exception to his statement, DMK member K. India was a world leader and Sanskrit was its important element," he said. Moving the Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2019 for consideration and passage, Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said Sanskrit is the greatest language and "soul of the country". Members of the BJP and the DMK engaged in a war of words in Lok Sabha on the evolution of the languages Sanskrit and Tamil, a point of contention since the republic first took birth.
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