DMK's A Raja has urged Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to remove Hindi banners from the Nilgiris railway station. Raja contends that the increased use of Hindi disregards Tamil Nadu's linguistic identity and violates the state's two-language policy.
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