Tamil Nadu parties against imposition of Hindi
5 years, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu parties against imposition of Hindi

The Quint  

Makkal Needhi Maiam party chief Kamal Haasan. Chennai, June 1 Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu on Saturday opposed the three-language formula for schools in the state, as stated in the draft national education policy presented by K. Kasturirangan Committee to the central government. S. Ramadoss, founder of the Pattali Makkal Katchi, said Hindi should not be imposed in Tamil Nadu. The Kasturirangan Committee has recommended teaching of Hindi, English and one regional language in the non-Hindi states. For Hindi-speaking states, the committee has recommended teaching of Hindi, English and one of the modern Indian languages from other parts of the country.

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Hindi is not national language but an official one: R Ashwin
16 hours, 13 minutes ago

Hindi is not national language but an official one: R Ashwin

India Today  

Star cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, speaking at a private college event, made headlines with his comments on both his career and the status of Hindi in India. Addressing the students during a graduation ceremony of the college, Ashwin said that Hindi is not the national language of India. "I thought I should say this: Hindi is not our national language; it …

AIADMK slams Centre for naming laws in Hindi, calls it indirect language imposition
3 weeks, 4 days ago

AIADMK slams Centre for naming laws in Hindi, calls it indirect language imposition

India Today  

Tamil Nadu’s main Opposition party, the AIADMK, on Sunday accused the central government of indirectly imposing Hindi by naming laws in Hindi and Sanskrit. In its executive committee and general council meeting held in Chennai, the party passed a resolution condemning the Centre’s practice of renaming laws, urging that they be named in English instead. AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami, …

‘We have completely failed to convey the importance of native language education to parents and citizens alike’
5 months, 2 weeks ago

‘We have completely failed to convey the importance of native language education to parents and citizens alike’

The Hindu  

Prof. Purushothama Bilimale, scholar and former head of the Kannada Language Chair of Jawaharlal Nehru University, recently took charge as the chairman of the Kannada Development Authority, a body working for the development of the Kannada language. However, the Minister of School Education and Literacy is encouraging English medium education and approving English medium in government schools. However, if Kannada …

Tamil Nadu panel submits draft education policy to CM
6 months, 1 week ago

Tamil Nadu panel submits draft education policy to CM

Hindustan Times  

A draft of the state education policy — which has been in the making in Tamil Nadu in opposition to the National Education Policy, 2020 — has been submitted to the ruling DMK government by the Justice Murugesan-led panel on Monday. The Justice Murugan committee has recommended the Tamil Nadu government to continue its dual language policy of Tamil and …

Daily Quiz | On Hindi Diwas
1 year, 3 months ago

Daily Quiz | On Hindi Diwas

The Hindu  

Daily Quiz | On Hindi Diwas Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit YOUR SCORE 0 /6 RETAKE THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | What is the script in which modern Hindi is written? YES NO Answer : Home Minister SHOW ANSWER 3 / 6 | This language was called Deodhai. YES NO Answer : Bodo SHOW ANSWER …

‘Hindi imposition’, says MK Stalin on new bills; Centre calls it petty politics
1 year, 4 months ago

‘Hindi imposition’, says MK Stalin on new bills; Centre calls it petty politics

Hindustan Times  

A fresh war of words emerged between the Tami Nadu government led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the central government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party after chief minister M K Stalin on Friday called the Centre’s three new bills that are set to replace the country’s criminal laws as an “audacious attempt” of Hindi imposition. Union education Dharmendra …

Amit Shah's remark on Hindi slammed by TN political parties
1 year, 5 months ago

Amit Shah's remark on Hindi slammed by TN political parties

Deccan Chronicle  

CHENNAI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement that Hindi must be finally accepted by all States without opposition was slammed by leaders of several political parties in Tamil Nadu starting from Chief Minister M K Stalin, who told Shah that it would be an unwise move to ignite the embers of the ‘1965 Anti-Hindi Agitations,’ to Dr S Ramadoss, founder …

Tamil compulsory additional language in classes 9, 10 in all private schools in Tamil Nadu
1 year, 7 months ago

Tamil compulsory additional language in classes 9, 10 in all private schools in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Director of Private Schools has announced that students in classes 9 and 10 in all private schools affiliated to various boards, except the State board, who have not opted for Tamil as one of the languages as a part of their respective board exam requirements, will have to be mandatorily taught Tamil as an additional compulsory language …

T.N. Assembly adopts resolution against Parliament panel report on Official Languages; DMK was born to nurture Tamil and protect it from onslaught of other languages, says Stalin
2 years, 2 months ago

T.N. Assembly adopts resolution against Parliament panel report on Official Languages; DMK was born to nurture Tamil and protect it from onslaught of other languages, says Stalin

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution urging the Centre not to implement the recommendations made in the report of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Languages, submitted by its chairman to the President of India. The party has been functioning as a Tamil protection movement since its inception,” the Chief Minister said BJP stages walkout The BJP …

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin moves resolution against 'Hindi imposition' in state assembly , BJP MLAs walkout
2 years, 2 months ago

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin moves resolution against 'Hindi imposition' in state assembly , BJP MLAs walkout

Firstpost  

Earlier,CM Stalin wrote to PM Modi that the recommendations should not be accepted or implemented since they are against the federal principles of the Constitution, detrimental to multilingual structure of our country and question the future by ignoring English and completely excluding the 22 State Chennai: Chief Minister MK Stalin-led Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday moved a resolution against “Hindi …

TN assembly to pass resolution against Hindi being made medium of instruction in central schools, varsities
2 years, 2 months ago

TN assembly to pass resolution against Hindi being made medium of instruction in central schools, varsities

India Today  

The Tamil Nadu assembly is set to pass a resolution against the Parliament Committee report on Official Language, given by Home Minister Amit Shah to President Draupadi Murumu, which recommended that Hindi be the medium of instruction in all central educational institutions. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam also warned that the party would stage a protest against the BJP-led Centre if …

Explained | Hindi imposition and its discontents
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | Hindi imposition and its discontents

The Hindu  

The story so far: The reported recommendation of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language to use Hindi as the medium of instruction in Central institutions of higher education in Hindi-speaking States and regional languages in other States has once again ignited a controversy over, what is called by critics of the BJP, an attempt to impose Hindi on non-Hindi speaking …

MK Stalin writes to PM Modi on ‘Centre’s aggressive attempt to impose Hindi’
2 years, 2 months ago

MK Stalin writes to PM Modi on ‘Centre’s aggressive attempt to impose Hindi’

Live Mint  

In the latest development on the usage of Hindi in southern states of India, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that the ‘attempts of Union government’ to impose Hindi are 'impractical and divisive in character'. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister highlighted that it has been recommended by the panel that, "youth would …

'Hindi Imposition is Against Democratic Principles': Tamil Nadu CM Stalin Writes to PM Over Panel Report
2 years, 2 months ago

'Hindi Imposition is Against Democratic Principles': Tamil Nadu CM Stalin Writes to PM Over Panel Report

News 18  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of Hindi imposition and urged the PM to drop any attempts to impose the language. In his letter, he stated that the recommendations given by Union Home Minister Amit Shah – who heads the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language – to President …

DMK warns of protest in Delhi if Hindi imposed on TN
2 years, 2 months ago

DMK warns of protest in Delhi if Hindi imposed on TN

Deccan Chronicle  

CHENNAI: Ruling DMK's youth wing secretary and Chief Minister MK Stalin's son Udayanidhi Stalin on Saturday warned that the party would stage a protest against the BJP-led Centre in Delhi if Hindi is thrust upon Tamil Nadu. The DMK came to power opposing the "imposition" of Hindi in 1967 and today's agitation was a new beginning, he said. "The protest …

DMK warns of stir in Delhi if Hindi is imposed on Tamil Nadu
2 years, 2 months ago

DMK warns of stir in Delhi if Hindi is imposed on Tamil Nadu

Hindustan Times  

Ruling DMK’s youth wing secretary and chief minister M K Stalin’s son Udayanidhi Stalin on Saturday warned that the party would stage a protest against the BJP-led Centre in Delhi if Hindi is thrust upon Tamil Nadu. The DMK came to power opposing the “imposition” of Hindi in 1967 and today’s agitation was a new beginning, he said. “The protest …

DMK cadre stage protest against the Hindi imposition, in Tamil Nadu
2 years, 2 months ago

DMK cadre stage protest against the Hindi imposition, in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

“In the 2024 Parliamentary Election, the Bharatiya Janata Party would be wiped out of Coimbatore district,” said N. Karthik, Coimbatore Urban District Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Coimbatore on October 15. Speaking at a protest organised by the Youth Wing and Students Wing of DMK in front of Coimbatore South Tahsildar Office, against the recommendation of a Parliamentary Panel …

Tamil Nadu BJP chief speaks against Hindi imposition as DMK calls for protest
2 years, 2 months ago

Tamil Nadu BJP chief speaks against Hindi imposition as DMK calls for protest

Deccan Chronicle  

CHENNAI: BJP state president K. Annamalai said on Thursday that any entrance examination in India could be held only as per the Schedule Eight of the Constitution and that only the languages listed in that schedule were the official languages even as the DMK’s youth and students’ wings had called for a state-wide protest against ‘Hindi imposition’. Speaking to media …

DMK leader defends his casteist comment 'Hindi will reduce Tamils to status of 'shudras'
2 years, 7 months ago

DMK leader defends his casteist comment 'Hindi will reduce Tamils to status of 'shudras'

Firstpost  

TKS Elangovan also claimed that Hindi-speaking states in the country were not developed, while those with vernacular languages as mother tongue were doing well Hours after causing a storm with his remark on Hindi, DMK leader and the party’s Rajya Sabha member TKS Elangovan on Monday defended his comments by saying the arrival of the language from the north has …

A history of resistance: Tamil Nadu's struggle against Hindi imposition
2 years, 7 months ago

A history of resistance: Tamil Nadu's struggle against Hindi imposition

The Hindu  

Politicians in Tamil Nadu reacted to Home Minister Amit Shah’s assertion that Hindi be accepted as an alternative to English with disbelief. The language policy of these agencies should be framed principally with a view of the convenience of the public… the instrumentality of these departments should not be used as a ‘lever’ to force the pace of Hindi propagation …

The debate on the national language
2 years, 8 months ago

The debate on the national language

The Hindu  

The story so far: Remarks by a Hindi actor to the effect that Hindi is the national language of India sparked a controversy recently over the status of the language under the Constitution. The official language issue was hotly debated in the Constituent Assembly, and the provisions relating to it were formulated only after a compromise that English shall continue …

Hindi Imposition Debate: Not Everyone’s Speaking the Same Language Here - News18
2 years, 8 months ago

Hindi Imposition Debate: Not Everyone’s Speaking the Same Language Here - News18

News 18  

“I can’t learn Hindi for your convenience; learn Tamil if you want!” Tamil superstar Thalapathy Vijay’s dialogue in his latest movie, Beast, has set the tone once again for the already raging “Hindi imposition” controversy in the country. All this furore on speaking Hindi and its imposition began after Union Home minister Amit Shah’s comment that Hindi should be accepted …

Northeast opposes Hindi as compulsory school subject
2 years, 9 months ago

Northeast opposes Hindi as compulsory school subject

The Hindu  

The Centre’s move to make Hindi a compulsory language in schools across the eight States in the northeast has miffed various organisations in the region. Describing Hindi as “the language of India”, Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said Hindi would be made a must up to Class 10 in the region’s schools. Hindi can be an optional subject,” Samuel …

Non-Hindi speaking states want English: DMK hits back at Amit Shah's 'language of India' remark
2 years, 9 months ago

Non-Hindi speaking states want English: DMK hits back at Amit Shah's 'language of India' remark

India Today  

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the ruling party in Tamil Nadu, has rejected Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks that Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English. DMK MP TKS Elangovan quoted assurances given by former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in Parliament on English being the alternative language or second language for all non-Hindi speaking states. Hindi imposition debate was …

TN govt. reiterates two-language policy, asks Governor to clear NEET legislation
2 years, 11 months ago

TN govt. reiterates two-language policy, asks Governor to clear NEET legislation

The Hindu  

Responding to Governor R.N. Ravi’s contention that school students should not be deprived of knowledge in other Indian languages, Minister for Tamil Official Language and Culture, Thangam Thennarasu, on Thursday, said the Tamil Nadu government has been following the two-language policy since 1967. “I hope the Governor would realise that the two-language policy has not affected students from Tamil Nadu …

We don't oppose Hindi, we oppose Hindi imposition, says Tamil Nadu CM Stalin
2 years, 11 months ago

We don't oppose Hindi, we oppose Hindi imposition, says Tamil Nadu CM Stalin

India Today  

While speaking in an event honouring ‘Mozhipor’ martyrs, CM Stalin stated that when Anna came to power in 1967, he brought in the two language policy and named the state as Tamilnadu due to the outcome of the Mozhipor. “We are still struggling to amend laws that would facilitate State languages as official languages of the nation,” stated CM Stalin. …

'What Harm In Teaching Hindi As A Third Language?' Madras High Court Asks Tamil Nadu Government In Plea For NEP Implementation
2 years, 11 months ago

'What Harm In Teaching Hindi As A Third Language?' Madras High Court Asks Tamil Nadu Government In Plea For NEP Implementation

Live Law  

In a plea filed for implementation of National Education Policy, 2020 in the State of Tamil Nadu, Madras High Court has orally observed that it wouldn't be harmful if Hindi is taught in educational institutions as a third language, along with Tamil and English. The bench was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Arjunan ELayaraja seeking directions for the …

Mohan Guruswamy | Two sides of Rajaji: Will India heed him at last?
3 years ago

Mohan Guruswamy | Two sides of Rajaji: Will India heed him at last?

Deccan Chronicle  

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was a man who is today more remembered for his elegant and simple rendering in English of the Mahabharata and Ramayana. In July 1953, he introduced a new education scheme known as the “Modified Scheme of Elementary Education 1953”, which reduced schooling for elementary school students from five hours to three hours per day and suggested that boys …

In Tamil Nadu's Political Theatre, Language Drama is Running to Full Houses
4 years, 3 months ago

In Tamil Nadu's Political Theatre, Language Drama is Running to Full Houses

News 18  

Chennai: The political discourse in Tamil Nadu is swaying inexorably towards an oft-trodden ground: language politics. The DMK, the original handler of the ‘language imposition is hegemony tool’ in Tamil Nadu, is at it again. For example, the multiple hydrocarbon-extraction projects in the Cauvery Delta region, the subject of medical entrance test NEET, the delay in the setting up of …

Policy lessons in Tamil Nadu’s language formula
4 years, 4 months ago

Policy lessons in Tamil Nadu’s language formula

The Hindu  

The New Education Policy misses the vital empirical evidence of Tamil Nadu following a language formula that is distinctly at variance with that of Delhi for the past 50 years and yet achieving significant positive social and economic changes. The American example he cited during a parliamentary debate is worth mentioning: “When USA emerged as a nation only 20% of …

Denying Students Option to Learn Hindi Amounts to Modern-day Untouchability, Says Tamil Nadu BJP Chief
4 years, 4 months ago

Denying Students Option to Learn Hindi Amounts to Modern-day Untouchability, Says Tamil Nadu BJP Chief

News 18  

BJP Tamil Nadu chief L Murugan on Saturday took potshots at DMK President M K Stalin for his opposition to the three-language formula suggested in the Centre's National Education Policy 2020, asking why government school students should be 'discriminated' from learning Hindi. The NEP's three-language formula, which includes Hindi, had found opposition in Tamil Nadu, with the ruling AIADMK making …

Kanimozhi’s Airport Saga Has Revved Up Anti-Hindi Bandwagon in TN, and Congress Wants a Ride Too
4 years, 4 months ago

Kanimozhi’s Airport Saga Has Revved Up Anti-Hindi Bandwagon in TN, and Congress Wants a Ride Too

News 18  

Nobody is surprised that DMK MP Kanimozhi, daughter of the late M Karunanidhi, complained about the treatment she received at the hands of a Central Industrial Security Force officer at the Chennai airport. He is perhaps making the charge now since the Congress is a DMK ally, even though it has never supported the anti-Hindi stand of Dravidian parties in …

CISF Officer Asked If I’m Indian For Not Knowing Hindi: Kanimozhi
4 years, 5 months ago

CISF Officer Asked If I’m Indian For Not Knowing Hindi: Kanimozhi

The Quint  

Critics however point out that this is not an issue with an individual officer from a central force, but the larger belief being pushed in India that Hindi is the national language, or that Hindi is more important than other Indian languages. Currently, there are 22 official languages recognised in the eighth schedule of the Indian Constitution, and it includes …

Language of unity: on rejection of the three-language formula
4 years, 5 months ago

Language of unity: on rejection of the three-language formula

The Hindu  

By rejecting the three-language formula advocated in the National Education Policy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami has only reiterated the State’s unwavering position on an emotive and political issue. Opposition from the State had last year forced the Centre to amend the draft NEP and withdraw a proposal to teach Hindi as a third language in schools in …

Tamil Nadu CM should reconsider his views on three-language formula, says BJP
4 years, 5 months ago

Tamil Nadu CM should reconsider his views on three-language formula, says BJP

Firstpost  

The BJP asked if the lawmakers from TN, who opposed the three-language policy, would surrender the 10 Kendriya Vidyalaya seats allotted under the quota for Members of Parliament The BJP in Tamil Nadu on Monday asked Chief Minister K Palaniswami to reconsider the ruling AIADMK’s opposition to the three-language formula proposed in the New Education Policy, saying the poor and …

Tamil Nadu rejects three-language formula in new NEP, will follow existing two-language policy
4 years, 5 months ago

Tamil Nadu rejects three-language formula in new NEP, will follow existing two-language policy

Firstpost  

Teaching the mother tongue or regional language upto Class 5 and lowering the stakes of board exams are part of the new reforms of the NEP unveiled last week **Chennai:**Strongly backing Tamil Nadu’s decades-old two-language policy, the ruling AIADMK in the state on Monday rejected the Centre’s three-language formula proposed in the new National Education Policy 2020 and said there …

'3-Language Formula Saddening': TN CM Rejects NEP, Seeks Permission from PM to Modify
4 years, 5 months ago

'3-Language Formula Saddening': TN CM Rejects NEP, Seeks Permission from PM to Modify

News 18  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday expressed his firm opposition to the implementation of the three-language policy as envisioned in the National Education Policy 2020, saying it would hurt sentiments in a state that has rallied against the imposition of languages in the past. Palaniswami, in a statement, said the three-language idea will not be put into …

T.N. Chief Minister rejects three-language formula in National Education Policy
4 years, 5 months ago

T.N. Chief Minister rejects three-language formula in National Education Policy

The Hindu  

Rejecting the three-language formula proposed in the National Educational Policy by the Centre, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami said on Monday that the AIADMK government would “not allow the three-language policy ever but would continue to implement the two-language policy” in the State. In a statement, Mr. Palaniswami requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accept the collective sentiments …

National Education Policy 2020 | Won’t impose any language, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank tweets in Tamil
4 years, 5 months ago

National Education Policy 2020 | Won’t impose any language, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank tweets in Tamil

The Hindu  

The Centre will not impose any language on any State through the new National Education Policy 2020, Union Minister for Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said on Sunday. Mr. Nishank’s clarification, through a tweet in Tamil, comes in the backdrop of opposition to NEP in Tamil Nadu on the grounds that the policy allegedly imposed Hindi and Sanskrit. In his tweet …

Is BJP playing language tune to woo Tamils?
5 years, 3 months ago

Is BJP playing language tune to woo Tamils?

Deccan Chronicle  

CHENNAI: Some recent developments both within the country and abroad have raised the poser in political circles here whether the BJP and the Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi is taking the language route to win the Tamil hearts. Even as saffron parties have opined that the anti-Hindi outbursts by the Dravidian parties attacking the imposition of Hindi by the Centre, …

When Annadurai endorsed the three-language formula
5 years, 3 months ago

When Annadurai endorsed the three-language formula

The Hindu  

The three-language formula, considered a taboo among political parties in the State for over 50 years, once found a conditional acceptance with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s founder and former Chief Minister C.N. “There is no bar to teaching Hindi in adequate number of schools on similar lines,” Annadurai told the interviewer, who, in the early 1990s, became editor of the Tamil …

From Tihar, Chidambaram calls for Tamil unity
5 years, 3 months ago

From Tihar, Chidambaram calls for Tamil unity

India TV News  

If the Tamil people are united and speak in one voice, everyone will acknowledge the greatness of their language and culture, saud senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who is lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with the INX Media case, on Sunday. "If the Tamil people are united and speak in one voice, everyone will acknowledge the greatness of Tamil …

BJP slams DMK for its stance on Hindi
5 years, 3 months ago

BJP slams DMK for its stance on Hindi

India TV News  

Chennai, Sep 19 The BJP has slammed DMK for its stance on Hindi, saying if the regional party was so strongly against this language, the schools owned by its functionaries should not have CBSE syllabus as Hindi is taught in that. "The schools owned by DMK functionaries should shift to state board syllabus from CBSE stream," BJP's National Secretary H …

Hindi push assault on diversity, India’s spirit
5 years, 3 months ago

Hindi push assault on diversity, India’s spirit

Deccan Chronicle  

On Hindi Divas, when Union home minister and BJP president Amit Shah gave an impassioned speech about the “need of our country to have one language, so that foreign languages don’t find a place”, one wonders why he use ‘languages’ in plural! Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the founder of the Jan Sangh, which was the BJP’s predecessor, favoured Hindi but …

Attempts of Hindi imposition will be resisted by southern states: Rajinikanth
5 years, 3 months ago

Attempts of Hindi imposition will be resisted by southern states: Rajinikanth

India TV News  

The concept of a common language in India was not possible, veteran actor Rajinikanth said Wednesday. Any attempts of Hindi imposition will not be only be resisted by southern states, but even many in the North, Rajinikanth asserted. The actor's remarks came in response to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's recent pitch for Hindi as a common language. The 'Superstar' …

No South state will accept Hindi imposition: Rajinikanth opposes Amit Shah's Hindi push
5 years, 3 months ago

No South state will accept Hindi imposition: Rajinikanth opposes Amit Shah's Hindi push

India Today  

Superstar Rajinikanth has joined the chorus against Home Minister Amit Shah's recent push for Hindi as a unifying language for the country. After Kamal Haasan, now Rajinikanth has said that Tamil Nadu and other southern Indian states would never accept Hindi imposition. Not just Tamil Nadu, none of the southern states will accept Hindi imposition." Earlier, Makkal Needhi Maiam leader …

BJP rules out 'imposing' Hindi in Karnataka amid protests
5 years, 3 months ago

BJP rules out 'imposing' Hindi in Karnataka amid protests

India TV News  

Accusing the Congress of politicising the language issue, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ruled out imposing Hindi in Karnataka, an official said on Monday. Protesting against Union Home Minister Amit Shah's call on Saturday to have Hindi as the common or national language, the opposition Congress and the regional Janata Dal-Secular leaders and cadres staged demonstrations during the weekend in …

South parties, Oppn hit out at Amit Shah’s pitch for common language on Hindi Divas, highlight need to ‘respect, protect nurture' India's diversity
5 years, 3 months ago

South parties, Oppn hit out at Amit Shah’s pitch for common language on Hindi Divas, highlight need to ‘respect, protect nurture' India's diversity

Firstpost  

‘Amit Shah’s Hindi pitch appeared to be an attempt to make non-Hindi speaking people ‘second-class citizens,’ DMK leader Stalin claimed in a statement New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday pitched for Hindi as a common language for the country, reigniting the debate on the issue as southern parties said they will oppose any attempt to “impose” the language. …

Tamil Nadu leaders decry Amit Shah’s pitch for Hindi
5 years, 3 months ago

Tamil Nadu leaders decry Amit Shah’s pitch for Hindi

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement on Saturday, on the occasion of Hindi Divas, that Hindi should be India’s common and unifying language came in for sharp criticism from Tamil Nadu political leaders and the BJP’s own allies. Stalin said making Hindi as the national language would make non-Hindi speaking people the secondary citizen and undermine the unity. Dravidar Kazhagam …

AIADMK failed on Neet issue: Stalin
5 years, 5 months ago

AIADMK failed on Neet issue: Stalin

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Refuting Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami's charge that the previous DMK regime had set the stage for introduction of the 'NEET' exam for admissions to medical and dental colleges, the DMK president M K Stalin said no quarter was given for 'NEET' to enter the system as long as DMK was in power. Campaigning for the DMK candidate Kathir …

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