Tamil Nadu: BJP also allergic to imposition of Hindi, says K Annamalai

CHENNAI: BJP state president K Annamalai on Wednesday said that his own party was "allergic to" Hindi imposition. He said the BJP never believed that "India has only one culture". "Our thumb rule is very clear that nobody can impose anything on anybody in a federal nation," he said.
Denying that the Union home minister ever said Hindi should be made compulsory across the country, BJP state president K Annamalai on Wednesday said that Hindi imposition was something which his own party was "allergic to". "Our thumb rule is very clear that nobody can impose anything on anybody in a federal nation," he said.
Inaugurating a training programme on political leadership, strategy and communication for emerging political leaders here, Annamalai said the New Education Policy was a beautiful example of the federal fabric. When the K Kasturirangan committee reported - which said that Hindi should be made compulsory - was discussed in the cabinet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Hindi could never be made compulsory.
He said the BJP never ever believed that "India has only one culture" and the party believed all cultures were unique and special. Modi's recent call for one nation, one uniform for the police force did not mean uniformity, he said. All that Modi said was that investigation should have common standards across the country, said Annamalai.
He said that 110 out of 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu remained loyal to the principal Dravidian majors. The state would move beyond the traditional booth committees for the first time in the 2024 general elections, and the BJP state unit was using social media well with "correct influencers."