"Hon'ble Sri Tomar has replied in English! Happy. That's the spirit," Satpathy had tweeted on Monday, sharing a picture of the letter sent recently by the Union Minister.

When Tathagata Satpathy received a letter in Hindi from Union Minister Tomar on August 11 inviting him to a programme by the government, he sent out a reply in Odia telling him that he doesn’t understand Hindi.