New Delhi:
“There is no question of implementing any language” but “there is more dependence on foreign languages, limits the linguistic roots of students”, and the National Education Policy tries to fix it, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Said in a letter on Friday in a letter. To Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.
NEP “enhances the principle of linguistic freedom and ensures that students continue to learn in the language of their choice”, Mr. Pradhan wrote, it also wrote, it also wrote, criticizing the ruling Dravidan Munnetra Kazgam of Tamil Nadu “NEP for political reasons Constant protests for 2020 “and looking at the policy” with a myopic Vijon and to maintain the dangers to maintain political narratives ” Spinning “.
Mr. Pradhan also mentioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Tamil language is Eater Anant” comment in Chennai in May 2022, and wrote, “Modi government is fully committed to promote and popularize Tamil culture and language globally. Is. I appeal politely …
Extremely inappropriate to use NEP 2020 with a myopic vision for a state and to use dangers to maintain political narratives.
Honorable PM @Narendra Modi Zee’s government. Globally eternal Tamil is fully committed to promoting and popularizing the culture and language. I appeal politely … pic.twitter.com/aw06cvcyap
– Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) 21 February, 2025
The letter is the latest in a ‘Bhasha War’ between the southern state and the Center, which is a new flashpoint on a long -term and sensitive issue on ‘Hindi allegations’.
It follows Mr. Stalin’s appeal for Prime Minister Narendra Modi 24 hours ago; The Tamil leader had complained about Dharmendra Pradhan, in which the state warned the state to follow the three-language policy of the NEP or forcibly release the funds related to the education sector from the Center.
மாண்புமிகு பிரதமர் பிரதமர் @Narendra Modi அவர்களே …#NEP2020– முழுமையாக நடைமுறைப்படுத்தி, மும்மொழிக் கொள்கையை தமிழ்நாட்டு தமிழ்நாட்டு மாணவர்களுக்கான மாணவர்களுக்கான மாணவர்களுக்கான மாணவர்களுக்கான மாணவர்களுக்கான மாணவர்களுக்கான மாணவர்களுக்கான மாணவர்களுக்கான மாணவர்களுக்கான #Samagrashiksha நிதி நிதி என்பது என்பது நியாயம் நியாயம்?
தமிழ் தமிழ் உணர்வுகளுக்கு மதிப்பில்லையா மதிப்பில்லையா?
இருவேறு … pic.twitter.com/k1pwb9t6dt
– Mkstalin (@mkstalin) February 20, 2025
In his letter – Mr. Pradhan has declared “Was not written in good taste”, “was full of political inspiration”, and “fictional concerns” – Mr. Stalin urged the Prime Minister that he for 2024/25 Release Rs 2,154 crore. For “cooperative federalism” and “welfare” of students.
Mr. Stalin – Who said on Sunday that Mr. Pradhan was trying to “blackmail” the state to ‘implement Hindi “to” Hindi “, he said that his government also stressed that his government since 1967 Two -language formula would not have been left after state -run schools. For three-language formulas of NEP.
‘Language ready for war’
Deputy Chief Minister Udayanidhi Stalin, son of the Chief Minister, was equally strong in his comment on Wednesday, announcing that Tamil Nadu is ready for another ‘language war’.
He also reminded the BJP that “this is a Dravidian land … Periyar’s land” and said, “Last time when you tried to remove the rights of the Tamil people, they started ‘Gobacmodi’. If you started ‘Gobacmodi’. You try again.
Read | “Tamil Nadu language is ready for war”: Stalin JR on Hindi ‘ton’
‘Hindi Theop’ in the south
Historically, Tamil Nadu and other southern states suspect the center of trying to put Hindi in regional languages; The stand-offs led to riots in the 1930s and 1960s.
Tamil Nadu follows a two -language policy, that is, it mainly teaches Tamil and English in the state -run schools. This, state education minister Ambil Mahesh Poymozy told NDTV, allows students to join with their linguistic heritage, and is able to interface at globally, learning English.
“Tamil Nadu has made this two language policy since 1967 and Tamil and English are enough for us. We have already achieved a lot,” he said, the states in training high-priests in Stem, or Science Pointing to the track record of. , Technology, engineering and mathematics.
But the 2020 education policy proposes a three -language policy, one of which is Hindi. And the Tamil Nadu government has declared it an attempt to impose language.
BJP’s 3-language campaign
Meanwhile, the BJP has carried forward its three-language push in the state, which will vote in an assembly election next year. The saffron party will launch a campaign from 1 March.
Read | BJP to launch a campaign on 3-language policy in Tamil Nadu
The BJP’s push has been seen as part of the ongoing scuffle to establish one leg in the Tamil political scenario. The party historically never managed to win Tamil voters.
In 2016, it contested all 234 seats but won zero. It reduced its places in 2021, with only 20 selections, but four were managed to win. Its Lok Sabha poll record is poor – zero seats in 2019 and 2024 polls.
Launch and beyond the 2026 pole, BJP State Head, K Annamalai, has also killed in DMK, who has been accused of sticking to a “old” policy since the 1960s.
“The world is growing rapidly. And what does it mean to implement their old policy of the 1960s on the children of Tamil Nadu?” He said.
With input from agencies
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