Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar has left many speechless by speaking fluent Tamil during an event celebrating Pongal in the state.

Khattar and Tamil Nadu BJP's Youth Wing Vice President SG Suryah tweeted videos of the chief minister speaking in Tamil at the event.

Khattar says that he learnt the language around four decades ago. He said that he visited Tamil Nadu in 1979 and fell in love with the language. He soon joined an institute for South Indian languages in Bengaluru and cleared School Certificate Course in Tamil.

He said that the occassion was the first time he got an opportunity to address in Tamil.

Adding that his speech would be an exam of his fluency in Tamil, the CM began his address leaving listeners on social media in awe of his Tamil speaking skill.

Watch the video below:

I was interested in learning Tamil, and had joined an Institute to learn the language 40 years ago.https://t.co/lJ1gmob2CX pic.twitter.com/hZjyfiw92x — Manohar Lal (@mlkhattar) January 27, 2019

MUST WATCH: Haryana BJP CM @mlkhattar’s 5 minutes beautiful speech in Tamil during #Pongal Celebrations there. Tamil was 2nd official language of Haryana for close to 40 yrs till 2010 when Congress CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda removed Tamil & made Punjabi 2nd official language. (1) pic.twitter.com/FwzhXiA3SZ — SG Suryah (@SuryahSG) January 29, 2019

Isn’t Haryana BJP Chief Minister @mlkhattar reading/speaking Tamil better than many Tamil Leaders?



His speech in Tamil during #Pongal Celebrations in Haryana. (2) pic.twitter.com/CYKPXFARo9 — SG Suryah (@SuryahSG) January 29, 2019

Final part of Haryana BJP Chief Minister @mlkhattar‘s beautiful Tamil speech during #Pongal Celebrations in Haryana. (3/3) RT widely. 🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/PhuFGa5f55 — SG Suryah (@SuryahSG) January 29, 2019



People on Twitter have showered heaps of praise gone and made the videos viral.

CM ji, you speak Tamil better than many Tamilians. Amazing. — JAGANNIWAS IYER (@jaganniwas) January 29, 2019

Haryana CM @mlkhattar ji

Pleasantly surprised to learn about your passion for #Tamil #தமிழ், after your visit to Salem/Erode almost 40 years back and kept in touch. Indeed, you passed the test with flying colours and your diction is very good.👍

வணக்கம். நன்றி!@Tarunvijay https://t.co/h7b1kcmalN — Chinnu Senthilkumar (@chinnusenthil1) January 30, 2019



