Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday sought tocounter Union Home Minister Amit Shah's over his 'one language' tweet

"India's many languages are not her weakness,"tweeted Rahul Gandhi from his official account. Preceding these words, ismention of 23 languages that are spoken across India. The list includes Hindiand English. Indian flag is present next to the mention of each language.

Rahul Gandhi's tweet has come after Amit Shah said on HindiDivas (September 14) that 'one language' can bring the entire nation together.In his tweet, he suggested that Hindi is a language that can bind all Indiansin unity.

Amit Shah's tweet drew strong reaction from outside theHindi belt, especially from southern India.

AIADMK on Saturday cautioned against 'imposition' of Hindiwhile the DMK demanded that Amit Shah withdraw his view since it would"infringe national integrity."

After Shah said Hindi is the most spoken language which canunite the nation as a common language, Tamil Nadu parties rallied against it.

AIADMK leader and Tamil culture Minister K Pandiarajan said:"if the Centre imposes Hindi unilaterally, there will only be (adverse)reaction and no support, not only in Tamil Nadu, but also in states likeBengal, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh."

DMK chief M K Stalin said Shah's views were 'shocking'. "Thiswill certainly infringe national integrity and hence he should withdraw hisviews immediately," he told reporters.

The DMK would take a decision on the ways and means tooppose Shah's stand at a high-level party meet to be held on September 16, theparty president said.

Pluralism was India's biggest strength and unity indiversity was the nation's cultural identity, Stalin said and alleged that theBJP government was taking steps to 'erase' such an identity ever since itassumed office at the Centre.