Modi govt betraying non-Hindi speaking citizens: Stalin

He urged Modi to give up these efforts of side-lining non-Hindi speaking citizens.

Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government of imposing Hindi on citizens, DMK Working President MK Stalin on Saturday said Centre is betraying the non-Hindi speaking residents.

In a video post on Twitter, Stalin slammed the government for making Hindi a compulsory subject in CBSE schools across the country.

He urged Modi to give up these efforts of side-lining non-Hindi speaking citizens.

Referring to the history of the Dravidian Movement, Stalin warned the Union Government against sowing seeds of a third-generation anti-Hindi imposition protests.

He also criticised the proposal of the parliamentary committee to make it mandatory for MPs and central ministers who know Hindi to use it as their official language.

The DMK leader expressed his disappointment over central government schemes named only in Hindi or Sanskrit.

Even in March, Stalin had threatened the centre of a new anti-Hindi movement. Deeming the move an attempt by the centre to push Hindi in Tamil Nadu, M K Stalin claimed that the centre was pushing Hindi through the backdoor in Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu had witnessed massive protests against "Hindi imposition," during 1960 which strengthened the Dravidian movement.

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