Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai asserted that the party's signature campaign promoting the three-language policy would transform the fate of Tamil people.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday opposed any move to penalize states that have successfully implemented family planning measures, in the context of delimitation and language policy and underscored the importance of linguistic diversity saying that any form of 'linguistic imperialis
He also warned and said Tamil Nadu accepts Hindi as the third language, the BJP government would eventually claim a shortage of Hindi teachers in the state, which would result in a surge of non-native speakers being hired in Tamil Nadu's government schools.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah hit out at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and alleged that despite several appeals in the last two years the Chief Minister is yet to take steps towards introducing curriculum of medical and engineering courses in Tamil language in the state.
In the ongoing debate on the alleged 'imposition of languages' in southern states, a PIL was filed in the Supreme Court seeking implementing of the three-language formula, proposed by the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal.
Tamilisai Soundararajan along with Annamalai and others were participating in the campaign questioning DMK's opposition of three-language policy under NEP.
Reacting to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's remarks on the three-language policy, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Thursday said that his party has deliberated extensively on matters of education and language, and the existing framework remains in effect.
Attacking CM Stalin on the issue, Annamalai said, "Having realised that the opposition to the three-language policy hasn't yielded support from the common people, Thiru MK Stalin has now jumped to the imaginary Hindi imposition."
The Tamil Nadu government has strongly opposed implementing the New Education Policy (NEP) of 2020, raising concern over the "three-language formula" and alleging that the Centre wants to 'impose' Hindi.