Responding to a question about the serious debate on the three -language policy in the NEP, especially from the southern states, he said that some misunderstandings or some people are deliberately “trying to play politics”.
“The three -language policy in the National Education Policy is good for the whole country,” the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs told reporters here.
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Rijiju was in Thiruvananthapuram to participate in the regional review meeting and training workshop on the Prime Minister Jan Vikas program (PMJVK) for the states and central regions of the southern region.
“Today, Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of India, but Hindi is not his mother tongue; his mother tongue is Gujarati. Our mother tongue is his mother tongue, his mother tongue is Gujarati. Education Minister, Dharmendra Prada, Has Odia to his mother tongue and my mother tongue, working with a team.
Therefore, we do not divide the country on the basis of religion or language, he said.
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“We are all Indians; Let us work together and Prime Minister Modi ji has constantly stated that everyone is the same in every field, every community, and India, and everyone will be given equal treatment for safety and equal preference, so we do not divide the country on the basis of caste, cult, religion or community or state or region.” His statement came amid a strong opposition from the Tamil Nadu government against NEP 2020, which expressed concern over the “three-language formula” and accused the Center of “trying to impose Hindi”.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin reiterated his firm Rukh, saying that he would not agree to implement the NEP, even if the Center offered Rs 10,000 crore in funding.
In contrast, according to media reports, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu gave strong support for the Center, advocating not only three but many languages.
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