Recent Tamil Nadu-Centre row erupts over three-language coverage | India Information

NEW DELHI: Responding to Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin‘s accusation as soon as once more that the BJP-led Union govt is making an attempt to impose Hindi on the state, Union training minister Dharmendra Pradhan criticised the DMK govt for “doing politics” over the difficulty whereas reiterating Centre’s dedication to implementing the Nationwide Training Coverage 2020.
The newest row erupted after Pradhan, talking in Varanasi on Feb 15, asserted that Tamil Nadu should come to phrases with the Indian Structure and settle for the three-language formulation, calling it the rule of legislation.
Arguing that the NEP-2020 gives a stage taking part in subject for college students nationwide, Pradhan mentioned, “To create competitors amongst college students, to create a typical platform, we should embrace multi-lingual training. The NEP emphasises the mom tongue. Tamil is without doubt one of the oldest languages of our civilization. However what’s improper if a pupil in Tamil Nadu learns a number of languages? There is no such thing as a imposition of Hindi or another language.”
The political battle over the language coverage has as soon as once more intensified in Tamil Nadu, with the DMK-led state govt opposing the Centre’s three-language coverage underneath NEP-2020. Tamil Nadu govt has been in opposition to the three-language formulation, which has been a coverage since 1968 and was reiterated in 1986. Nonetheless, the state has by no means carried out it.
The opposition to the three-language formulation stems from Tamil Nadu’s lengthy standing resistance to purported Hindi imposition, a sentiment deeply rooted within the state’s political historical past. The state witnessed sturdy anti-Hindi agitations in 1937 and later within the Sixties, which finally led to Tamil Nadu adopting the two-language coverage.
The state BJP dismissed the DMK’s objections, calling them politically motivated. BJP Tamil Nadu vice chairman mentioned, “All personal colleges owned by many politicians, together with the one owned by the primary household of DMK, train Hindi and different languages. They simply need to do low-cost politics. We condemn the CM for politicising this.”