What were people's fears regarding the introduction of English language?

In 1829, the Bengal government established an English class in Kolkata madrasa, which was a Muslim institution. Later, English classes were introduced in Benaras Sanskrit College also. Shifting of emphasis from oriental learning to western education was not well received by the people, especially the pundits and maulvis. They saw in it an attempt to discourage Islamic and Hindu studies. There was also the fear that the object was not so much the promotion of literature and sciences as inducing the people to become Christians.