Hindi Imposition Protest Transcends Boundaries: Stalin On Uddhav-Raj Thackeray Reunion | India News

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday welcomed the reunion of estranged brothers Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray to fight against Hindi imposition, saying the language rights movement led by the DMK and the people of Tamil Nadu has now sparked a wave of protest in Maharashtra, transcending state boundaries.

“The language rights struggle, waged generation after generation by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the people of Tamil Nadu to defeat Hindi imposition, has now transcended state boundaries and is swirling like a storm of protest in Maharashtra,” CM Stalin said in a post on X. 

For the first time in 20 years, Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray appeared together in public to celebrate the Maharashtra government’s withdrawal of orders implementing the three-language policy. The cousins, sharing a stage, hugged and said the “distance” between them was now gone.

The Stalin-led DMK government in Tamil Nadu has locked horns with the central government over its National Education Policy (NEP), especially the three-language formula, under which schools are required to teach three languages.

“The enthusiasm and powerful oratory of the victory rally held today in Mumbai under the leadership of brother #UddhavThackeray against Hindi imposition fills us with immense excitement,” Stalin said in the post. 

Launching a scathing criticism against BJP Stalin said, “The BJP, which acts lawlessly and anarchically by stating that funds will be allocated only if Hindi is taught as a third language in Tamil Nadu schools, has been forced to back down for the second time in Maharashtra, where they govern, due to fear of the people’s uprising.”

Chief Minister Stalin also questioned whether the Union government would release Rs 2,152 crore in education funds only if the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government accepted the new education policy.

“Will the Union government change its vindictive stance of releasing Rs.2,152 crore in funds under the integrated education scheme (Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan) only if Tamil Nadu accepts the new education policy that imposes Hindi and Sanskrit under the guise of the three-language policy? Will it immediately release the funds legally owed for the education of Tamil Nadu’s schoolchildren?” he said. 

“Unaware of the history of numerous Indian languages being destroyed due to Hindi imposition and failing to understand the agenda of turning India into a Hindi nation, some naive individuals here parrot phrases like “learning Hindi will get you jobs.” They must reform now. The uprising in Maharashtra will open their eyes of wisdom!,” CM Stalin added.

Chief Minister Stalin said that his DMK government in Tamil Nadu would not allow the central government to discriminate against the state in fund allocation.