Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Trichy Central Secretary Vairamani on Wednesday slammed the Central Government over Hindi imposition in Tamil Nadu, saying that the government has been constantly imposing the Hindi language in the state.
Amid renewed allegations of "Hindi imposition" by the Centre, cadres of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Wednesday smeared black paint over Hindi transliterations of Tamil names at a Railway office in Tiruchirappalli.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday again accused the Central government of "imposing hindi" in the state, this time under the guise of the "one language, three scripts" approach.
"Modi-Amit Shah politics will not work in Tamil Nadu. This election is a war between Tamil Nadu and Delhi. It is an election between social justice and social injustice, between the Tamil language and the imposition of Hindi," he said.
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"This is the reason why we oppose Hindi imposition because it makes everybody a second-class citizen, and it takes away the cultural identity of a certain section of people, and that is the reason we opposed it, and there was a violent past to it," Annadurai told ANI.
Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin has asserted that the state would firmly oppose and not accept the "Hindi imposition" by the central government.
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