<span style="color: #222222;">Home Minister Amit Shah has said that he never asked for imposing Hindi over other regional languages.<br />''<br />''He said he had only requested for learning Hindi as a second language after one's mother tongue.<br />''<br />''Speaking at an event organised by a media house in New Delhi today, Mr Shah stressed that he, too, comes from the non-Hindi speaking State of Gujarat.<br />''<br />''The Home Minister said he had merely proposed that other than one's mother tongue, there should be a common second language, and that should be Hindi.<br />''<br />''He said it is important for young children to learn their mother tongue and added that regional languages must be strengthened.</span><br />