Vaiko, Trichy Siva and TTV Dhinakaran through different mediums registered the backdoor entry of Hindi in Tamil Nadu through New Education Policy.
Chennai:
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) Chief Vaiko has issued a statement condemning the New Education Policy (NEP) that propounds trilingual course in the lines of Kasturirangan panel's recommendation.
His press release recounted former Prime Minister Jawahar Nehru's rejection of Kasturirangan recommendation on grounds of invading regional ethos.Vaiko threatened revisiting of 1965's anti-Hindi protests if PM Modi tries to toy with regional sentiments.
DMK MP Trichy Siva and AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran too vehemently made their condemnation known.
Siva said DMK would foil Centre's attempt to thrust Hindi into Tamil Nadu, there is just two-language course, Tamil and English. He too like Vaiko invoked the 1965 anti-Hindi riots and requested the government to take a look at that history.
8 ஆம் வகுப்பு வரை இந்தி கட்டாய பாடமாக்கப்படும் என்று மத்திய அரசின் புதிய கல்விக்கொள்கை வரைவு அறிக்கையில் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டிருப்பது கண்டனத்திற்குரியது.
— TTV Dhinakaran (@TTVDhinakaran) June 1, 2019
TTV Dhinakaran tweeted that Hindi imposition could disfigure the plurality of India and strongly dissuaded the Centre to shelve its plan of making Hindi mandatory in schools.