Hitting out against a Delhi government hospital circular asking nurses to 'not speak in Malayalam' during work, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi stated that "Malayalam was as Indian as any other Indian language". "Stop language discrimination," he tweeted. A row had erupted over Delhi's G.B. Pant government hospital directing nursing staff, a large section of whom hail from Kerala, to refrain from speaking their native language of Malayalam at work. The circular stated that their colleagues and patients don't understand the language, and warned of stiff penalties if the rules were not obeyed.

Hitting out against a Delhi government hospital circular asking nurses to 'not speak in Malayalam' during work, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi stated that "Malayalam was as Indian as any other Indian language". "Stop language discrimination," he tweeted. A row had erupted over Delhi's G.B. Pant government hospital directing nursing staff, a large section of whom hail from Kerala, to refrain from speaking their native language of Malayalam at work. The circular stated that their colleagues and patients don't understand the language, and warned of stiff penalties if the rules were not obeyed.