Chennai: Prime Minister MK Stalin accused the Minister of Education of the Union, Dharmendra Pradhan of “blackmail” for allegedly taking a position in which Tamil Nadu would not receive funds until he accepted the National Education Policy (NEP) and the formula of three languages. Tagging a video clip of Pradhan talking with journalists in Varanasi on February 15, Stalin, in a publication about ‘X’, quoted Pradhan saying that Tamil Nadu has to reach the terms of the Indian Constitution and that the policy of three languages It is the law rule.
Accusing Pradhan of “blackmail” for his alleged position that Tamil Nadu would not receive funds related to education through the center until such a time that the State accepted the policy of three languages, the prime minister described him unacceptable, and the tamiles did not They would tolerate.
The State requested its due to the center, which is its right, and if the central minister spoke arrogantly as if the State claimed his personal wealth, then, in that case, Delhi would have to witness the feature of the Tamil people, the cm said.
In addition, Stalin wanted Pradhan to specify the constitutional provision that made the policy of three English languages, the respective regional language and the Hindi mandatory.
The states constitute the union and education of India are on the concurrent list of the Constitution and, therefore, the government of the Union cannot claim its exclusive domain, the CM added.
Deputy CM UDHAYANIDHI STALIN and allies of the ruling DMK, including Congress, leftist parties and VCK condemned Pradhan.
The main opposition Aiadmk said that it is committed to the policy of two languages, and said if the party is in power or not, would never hesitate its declared policy.
The Secretary General of Aiadmk and opposition leader, Edappadi K Palaniswami, who is aimed at a public meeting held by his party in Velore, said that the insistence of the center in the implementation of NEP and three language standards for the release of Educational funds to the State was not correct.
Palaniswami said that Tamil Nadu would only follow the policy of two languages of Tamil and English. Aiadmk is committed to that policy and there will be no changes in that position, he emphasized.
The former prime minister asked the Governing DMK to fight for the funds of Mggnrega pending in Parliament, since people have chosen 39 parliamentarians belonging to the DMK and its allies. In addition, he urged the center to release funds due to the State to benefit people.
The TVK chief, Vijay, claimed that the imposition of three linguistic policies is equivalent to usurply use the state’s autonomy.
The Minister of School Education, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, said he met Udhayanidhi and discussed the next course of action since the center has been betraying Tamil Nadu by not releasing funds under the integrated scheme for school education (Samagra Shiksha). Anbil accused the center of making efforts to impose Hindi.
When reacting to Stalin, the president of Tamil Nadu BJP, K Annamalai, asked why children in state government schools should not be taught tamil, English and another Indian language when the children or grandchildren of the prime minister and ministers can Teach three languages in private schools.
Annamalai said that in most private schools administered by which they belong to the DMK throughout the state, the language system of the Central Board of Secondary Education is followed.
In a publication on social networks, I wanted to know if the prime minister is the opinion that only students in private schools must learn several languages. He wondered why government students direct schools should be treated in a “partial” way. “Is it fair to impose the children of Tamil Nadu, their policy (DMK) of the 1960s, which has no relevance today? He asked.
The PMK chief, Anbumani Ramadss, said that Pradhan’s insistence on NEP was against federalism and that it was unacceptable and that the center should not link the NEP with funds for Tamil Nadu. “Since the central government has not assigned funds, no several schemes related to the safety of girls in government schools have not been implemented,” said Anbumani, and urged the center to release funds immediately to the State.
PMK was a BJP ally and fought against the 2024 Lok Sabha surveys as a constituent of the NDA.
The main leader of Naam Tamilar Katchi, Seeman, said people can voluntarily learn any language, including Hindi, outside their own choice. The Hindi opponent “imposition”, wondered if Hindi -speaking states would be presented to learn languages from the South such as Tamil and Telugu.
Pradhan had alleged “political motivation” as the reason why the DMK regime does not agree for the NEP. “They have to accept the NEP in letter and spirit,” he said.
