Ruining Students’ Future”, “Arrogant”: Centre vs Tamil Nadu on Hindi Row

New Delhi:

The Tamil Nadu vs centre ‘language war‘ – over the National Education Policy and its three-language formula, which the southern state views as ‘imposition of Hindi’ – exploded inside and outside Parliament Monday with Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan criticising the latter’s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for “ruining the future of students (from the state)”. He also used a pejorative – to describe Tamil Nadu – that he later withdrew and was then expunged from the Lok Sabha’s records.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, who has called ‘Hindi imposition’ as the act of “entitled bigots” delivered a feisty response; on X he told Mr Pradhan to “mind his words” and said, “The Union Education Minister, who thinks of himself as a king and speaks arrogantly, needs to be disciplined!”