"They (DMK) are dishonest": Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan accuses DMK of education politics

New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has strongly criticized the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party regarding the ongoing controversy over the three-language policy in the New Education Policy.
During his address in Lok Sabha, Pradhan accused the DMK of being "dishonest" and playing "politics" at the cost of Tamil Nadu students' future.
"They (DMK) are dishonest. They are not committed to the students of Tamil Nadu. They are ruining the future of Tamil Nadu students. Their only job is to raise language barriers. They are doing politics. They are doing mischief. They are undemocratic and uncivilised," Pradhan said.
In the Rajya Sabha the DMK staged a walkout after raising the issue of the three language policy and the issues of delimitation. health Minister, JP Nadda slammed the opposition over walk out, saying that they should read rules before giving notices for adjournment motion.
Nadda termed it irresponsible behavior and said that opposition members including LoP, should go for a refresher course, understand rules and regulations. Referring to daily adjournment notices by opposition members, Nadda saids it was a "vicious design to demean the institution of Parliament" and government is ready to discuss everything under rules.
Earlier, amid the ongoing war of words over allegations of imposing the National Education Policy (NEP) in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Stalin lashed out at Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and stated that he faced the consequences of reviving a fight he would never win.
CM Stalin said, "The tree may prefer calm, but the wind will not subside." It was the Union Education Minister who provoked us to write this series of letters when we were simply doing our job. He forgot his place and dared to threaten an entire state to accept Hindi imposition, and now he faces the consequences of reviving a fight he can never win. Tamil Nadu will not be blackmailed into surrendering."
"The biggest irony is that Tamil Nadu, which rejects NEP, has already achieved many of its goals, which the policy aims to reach only by 2030. This is like an LKG student lecturing a PhD holder. Dravidam does not take dictations from Delhi. Instead, it sets the course for the nation to follow," he further said.
Congress leader P Chidambaram said that unless the two-language policy is successful, discussing the three-language policy is redundant.
P Chidambaram said, "Three languages should be taught in schools. No state in India is implementing the three language formula. Perticularly in Hindi speaking states, it is effectively a one language formula. The common language is Hindi, the official state language is Hindi, the medium of instruction is Hindi, and the subject they study is Hindi. If at all another language is taught, it is Sanskrit. Very few government schools have English teachers. And there is no question of a Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam teacher. " (ANI)