Stalin raking up anti-Hindi issue to stay relevant: BJP

Stalin had on Saturday urged Modi to give up the efforts of side-lining non-Hindi speaking citizens.

Days after DMK working president MK Stalin alleged the Union government of imposing Hindi on non-Hindi speaking citizens, BJP leader S Prakash on Tuesday said such remarks were 'unnecessary' attempts to tarnish the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.

Prakash told news agency ANI that Centre has no intention to impose Hindi on the non-Hindi speaking people.

He said Stalin was playing a 'clever game' to remain relevant in Tamil Nadu politics and woo the people.

Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said that there is no question of imposing Hindi on anyone and learning Hindi is useful. But some people are playing politics, he added.

On Saturday, Stalin said the Centre was 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.

[No question of imposing Hindi on anyone: Venkaiah Naidu]

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.

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