TN Hindi imposition protests reaches global Tamil diaspora : Stalin
02-Mar-2025 11:16 PM 2218
Chennai, Mar 2 (Reporter) The ongoing protests over Centre's attempts coercing Tamil Nadu to accept the NEP-2020 paving way for implementing the three-language policy in a bid to impose Hindi, has reached the Global Tamil diaspora, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Sunday. Mr Stalin shared the hashtag "#@Vaazhga Tamil" (Long Live Tamil) along with a new report and a video of a protest organised by the Tamil diaspora in the USA, supporting the agitations in the State. Welcoming the protests by Tamil diaspora, Mr Stalin retweeted the news rport with the "Vaazhga Tamil" hashtag, furthering his political ad ideological fight against the BJP-led Government over its attempts to impose Hindi in the name of three-language policy under NEP-2020. The protest has now reached the Tamil diaspora in far off lands. "In Dallas in USA, a group of Tamils staged a demonstration against Hindi imposition in Tamil Nadu and slammed the Indian government of "threatening" Tamils over the NEP. The protestors shouted slogans denouncing the BJP government ruling at the Indian capital and stoutly opposed the Hindi imposition to implements its three-language policy agenda to undermine the long followed and the existing two-language formula in TN. It may be recalled that the alleged attempt by the Centre to impose Hindi in Tamil Nadu created a major political storm especially after Mr Dharmendra Pradhan had openly declared that Tamil Nadu will not get its due share of Rs 2,152 crore funds for the education sector under the SSA scheme, unless it accepts the NEP-2020 paving the way for implementing the 3-language formula in the State. In rare display of unity, all the political parties, including the ruling DMK, its allies, the main Opposition AIADMK and its allies and the PMK, spoke in one voice flaying the centre and strongly condemning it for trying to impose Hindi and pledged to continue with the long followed and the existing 2-language formula in the State and that the 3-language policy will never be allowed. The political parties also staged various forms of agitations condemning the Centre's move, including the DMK Women's Wing resorting to a novel protest drawing colourful Kolams (Rangoli) with slogans slamming the Centre for attempting to impose Hindi and 3-language policy in Tamil Nadu. A massive protest demonstration was also organised by the DMK in Chennai in which all leaders of its alliance partners took part and shouted slogans denouncing the Centre on the issue. Various wings of the DMK, including the Students, Youth and Advocates Wing, too staged protest demonstrations, and the party cadres also blackend hindi words in name boards in Railway stations and other places in various parts of the State as part of the continuing protests which was justified by Chief Minister and Party President M K Stalin. Mr Stalin had declared that as long as he was the Chief Minister the 3-language policy will not be allowed in Tamil Nadu and that the State was prepared for another language war which the Centre was trying to impose. He also asserted that "whether it is Rs 2,000 crore of Rs 10,000 crore, we will not sign the NEP". "Even if we are offered Rs.10,000 crore, the government will not introduce NEP as long as I am the Chief Minister,” he had said. However, the BJP Tamil Nadu Unit contended that there were no provisions in NEP that referred to imposition of Hindi and batted for three-language policy, saying it does not mean Hindi. Students can learn any language of their choice, the same views which were also expressed by the Union Education Minister...////...
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