Nueva Delhi: actor and politician Kamal Haasan emphasized Friday linguistic pride among Tamilians and warned those who could take language problems lightly.
In the middle of the current row between the state government and the center National Educational Policy (NEP), Hassan referred to the state’s historical struggle against Hindi’s imposition and said that Tamil Nadu’s people have the knowledge of choosing what language they need.
“The Tamilians have lost their lives for a language. They do not play with those things. Tamiles, even children, know what language they need. They have the knowledge of choosing what language they need,” said Haasan while they go to the party paintings In Chennai. The eighth day of the foundation of your group, Makkal Needhi Maiyam (MNM).
This occurs after the Minister of the Union, Dharmendra Pradhan, responded to the letter from the Prime Minister of Tamil Nadu, MK Stalis, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, clarifying that the National Educational Policy (NEP) 2020 does not demand any language.
He went to Tamil Nadu Cm to interpret NEP 2020 with a “myopic vision” and to portray progressive educational reforms such as political threats. Pradhan also declared that Prime Minister’s letter to Prime Minister contradicted the spirit of cooperative federalism.
In his letter to Prime Minister on Thursday, Stalin expressed concern about the declaration of the Minister of Education of the Union, Pradhan, that the funds’ Samagra Shiksha ‘of Tamil Nadu would not be released unless the State implements the policy’ of Three languages’ described in NEP 2020.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Chief of BJP, Annamalai, supported the policy of three languages, saying that learning a third language is beneficial for Tamil Nadu. He also accused the DMK and his allies of deceiving the public by stating that the Hindi would be mandatory under the new educational policy.
Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin argued that “the Hindi will destroy Tamil as many languages in northern India did.”
The parties of the India block joined to protest against the central government led by BJP, accusing it of invading state rights, denying funds in the Budget of the Union and retaining educational funds for Tamil Nadu.
“Hindi destroyed the local languages of the states in the north, such as Rajasthani, Haryanvi, Bhojpuri and other languages of Bihari and has become the main local language. The same will happen if the Hindi is also implemented in Tamil Nadu. Now they are working abroad and in prestigious organizations like Isro were from government schools that did not study Hindi, ” Udhayanidhi said in the protest.