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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has once again expressed his opinion on the language dispute and accused the central government of imposing Hindi in South Indian states. On Thursday, he once again said that the state will not allow the imposition of language. Raising his voice against the alleged imposition of Hindi by the Center, he vowed to protect Tamil and its culture. “We will oppose the imposition of Hindi. Hindi is the mask, Sanskrit is the hidden face,” he said in a letter to party workers.
The ruling DMK has been accusing the Center of imposing Hindi through the 3-language formula as part of the National Education Policy (NEP), although the central government has denied the charge.
Stalin’s claim – North Indian languages have been destroyed
In the letter, Stalin claimed that several North Indian languages spoken in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh such as Maithili, Brajbhasha, Bundelkhandi and Awadhi “have been destroyed by hegemonic Hindi.” “More than 25 north Indian native languages have been destroyed by the invasion of the hegemonic Hindi-Sanskrit languages. The centuries-old Dravidian movement protected Tamil and its culture by creating awareness and leading various movements,” the ruling DMK chief said.
Stalin referred to Rajasthan
Stalin said Tamil Nadu was opposing the NEP because the Centre was trying to impose Hindi and Sanskrit through the education policy. Opposing the BJP’s argument that the third language could also be a foreign one as per the NEP, Stalin claimed that as per the 3-language policy schedule, “only Sanskrit is being promoted in many states.” He claimed that BJP-ruled Rajasthan was appointing Sanskrit teachers instead of Urdu instructors. “If Tamil Nadu accepts the trilingual policy, the mother tongue will be ignored and Sanskritisation will happen in future,” he said.
Tamil Nadu mandates two-language policy
The Tamil Nadu CM claimed that the NEP provisions state that Indian languages other than “Sanskrit” will be taught in schools and that other languages like Tamil can be taught online. “This makes it clear that the Centre plans to eliminate languages like Tamil and impose Sanskrit,” the CM alleged. Dravidian leader and former chief minister CN Annadurai had mandated a two-language policy in the state decades ago to make it clear that “there is no room for imposing Aryan culture through Hindi-Sanskrit and destroying Tamil culture.”
