PM Modi to Inaugurate International Hindi Conference in Bhopal

Ms Swaraj said Mr Bachchan has been an inspiration for promotion of Hindi through movies and he will speak on the subject "Aao Achhi Hindi bolein (Let's speak good Hindi)".

Asked whether Government was making efforts for recognition of Hindi as one the official languages in the United Nations, Ms Swaraj said 129 votes in favour of it will be required in the General Assembly and hoped that once India gets permanent membership in an expanded UN Security Council, it will be able to get the language included in the list.

The themes for discussion at the conference include growth of Hindi in foreign countries, its expansion in non-Hindi speaking and southern states, Hindi in administration and science, scientific literature in Hindi, role of Hindi-Urdu ties in expansion of the language and purity of Hindi in journalism.

20 Indians and another 20 personalities from abroad will be honoured at the conference.

Ms Swaraj said all the Chief Ministers have been invited for the three-day conference and she has started personally inviting them.

"Today I called up Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumarji.... There is no politics in Hindi," she said replying to a question.