Suppose you decide today in your province that after six months in all Government offices English will be discarded Just Imagine what will come to pass in that case. Today English is serving the purpose of an inter-provincial language. The Central Government is being run with the help Of English. What will be language is going to take the place of English. What will be the connecting link between Bengal and Madras? How will Assam and Bombay communicate with each other? How will the Central Government correspond with the privinces? You will naturally say we shall l have a common language instead of English. But I Put to you where is that language as yet? Will that language suddenly replace English? Ample time will be required for an Indian language to develop so as to become a vehicle of thought among all the peoples of India and serve as the official language of the country. If you suddenly displace a language which is holding its own for the past one hundred and fifty years and install in its place a language which needs some time to develop, you will not be able to solve the problem of language. On the other hand, you will create chaos and confusion in all your affairs.