Interview | Su. Venkatesan: ‘The BJP is using Tamil as a weapon to fool people’
The HinduThe Madurai MP talks about the Modi government’s ill-treatment of Tamil Nadu, issues such as language politics and educational initiatives, and more. Venkatesan of the CPI, who has consistently drawn attention to issues of State rights, Hindi imposition, tax devolution, and so on in the Lok Sabha told Frontline, “The BJP is using Tamil as a weapon to fool people, but they do not understand to what extend it is an act of insulting the Tamil people.” Venkatesan, a Sahitya Akademi Award-winning writer and honorary presidency of the Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers and Artists Association, is running for a second term in the Lok Sabha from the temple city. “Keeladi, by establishing proof of a civilisation that thrived 2,700 years ago, its literacy, forms of entertainment, and cultural values, brings out the historical uniqueness and secular characteristics of Tamil society.” The education loan melas you organise in Madurai have become a big hit. Be it the issue of giving international status to Madurai airport or the matter of AIIMS or Keeladi, Madurai is still a part of Tamil Nadu.
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