DMK to Centre: Immediately cease language chauvinism of imposing Hindi
Opposing what it called “wanton thrusting” of Hindi by the Centre, DMK on Friday announced holding state-wide seminars against it and decided to rope in youngsters and students to mobilise public opinion.
The main Opposition party in Tamil Nadu asked the Centre to “immediately cease” from its language “chauvinism” of “imposing Hindi.”
In a resolution adopted at the DMK district secretaries meet held in Chennai on Friday, it resolved to take the issue to Tamil Nadu’s youngsters, students and the people.
The meet, chaired by party working president M K Stalin accused the Centre of “planned slight” of Tamil language.
Recalling the assurance of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru that English will continue to be in use till such time non-Hindi speaking people wanted it, the resolution said the Centre’s steps has only been in breach of the assurance.
The meet listed initiatives of Centre like celebrating Teacher’s Day as “Guru Utsav,” giving “primacy” to Hindi in “all the universities” and marking milestones in Hindi in Tamil Nadu to claim that the language was being forced on the State.
It also cited the Centre’s recent decision to make Hindi mandatory up to Class X in CBSE schools and in Kendriya Vidyalayas.
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