Shillong, Sept 13: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday said he is proud to use both ‘India’ and ‘Bharat’ as they are mandated in the Constitution of the country.

Stating that there is no controversy on the issue, Sangma said, “If I speak in Hindi, I will use the word Bharat, if I speak in English I’ll use India. The Constitution is very clear that India is Bharat. There’s no controversy but I think we are creating a controversy where there is no controversy.”

“See this issue, if you ask me, in 1947 or 1950 when the Constitution came out, at that point in time the decision was critical, that time the Constitution makers and writers and the then political leaders had decided that it should be Bharat that’s all… But when the Constitution at that point in time says that (it should be) India from Bharat, right now what we are doing is we’re following the Constitution.”

The CM said depending on the situation, in many of his speeches whenever he speaks in Hindi, he would use Bharat all the time “because that’s what India is” and in many platforms, he also uses India.

“I don’t feel that it’s a controversy as such, it is a question of using the language and I don’t think there’s anything wrong in using the word either India or Bharat. It all depends on the situation you’re in, the Constitution mandates us to use either of the words India and Bharat and I am proud of both,” he stated.

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