MK Stalin, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has asserted that his state will not be blackmailed into surrendering to the central government’s demand to implement the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020. Stalin vows to not allow Hindi imposition.
He has also challenged the BJP to make the three-language policy, advocated by the NEP, its core agenda for the 2026 state elections with an assumption that it would backfire.
Stalin claims that Tamil Nadu has achieved what the NEP aims to do by 2030. He compared the situation with that of an LKG student lecturing a PhD holder. Tamil Nadu CM said Dravidians set the course for the country to follow.
Stalin added, “Tamil Nadu will not tolerate Hindi colonialism replacing British colonialism…Hindi imposition to a nauseating extent is suffocating non-Hindi speakers – from names of schemes to awards to Union government institutions”.
He also slammed Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for threatening the state to accept Hindi imposition. His pointed attack follows Pradhan’s warning that funds for Tamil Nadu would be withheld until the state accepts the NEP in its entirety.
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