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Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has said that the BJP-led Indian government is using the \u201cso-called three-language formula\u201d as a covert mechanism to expand Hindi into non-Hindi speaking regions of India.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking at a rally in Erode, Stalin, also president of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), criticized the Central Board of Secondary Education\u2019s (CBSE) recently unveiled curriculum framework, aligned with the National Education Policy 2020, calling it a calculated attempt at linguistic imposition rather than an academic reform.<\/p>\n
He said that under the guise of promoting “Indian languages”, the BJP-led NDA government was aggressively advancing a centralising agenda that privileges Hindi while systematically marginalising India’s rich and diverse linguistic heritage. \u201cFor students in southern states, this framework effectively translates into “compulsory Hindi learning.”<\/p>\n
\u201cThe so-called three-language formula is, in reality, a covert strategy to enforce Hindi learning in southern states,\u201d Stalin said. \u201cYet, where is the reciprocity? Will students in Hindi-speaking states be mandated to learn Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam\u2014or even Bengali and Marathi? The absence of such clarity exposes the policy\u2019s one-sided and discriminatory nature.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stalin highlighted the BJP government\u2019s failure to make Tamil mandatory in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan schools and to appoint adequate Tamil teachers, describing the new policy as \u201crank hypocrisy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not merely a question of language. It is a question of fairness, federalism, and equal opportunity,\u201d he said. \u201cBy structurally privileging Hindi-speaking students, this policy risks creating entrenched advantages in higher education and employment, further widening regional disparities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stalin warned that at a time when the world is moving forward at an unprecedented pace, India\u2019s children must be prepared for the future. \u201cThe BJP Government appears determined to impose Hindi, brushing aside the legitimate, consistent, and democratic concerns raised by Tamil Nadu and several other states,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Notably, under the so-called \u201cthree-language formula\u201d, students are required to learn three languages during schooling: a mother tongue\/regional language, Hindi (in non-Hindi-speaking states) or another Indian language (in Hindi-speaking states), and English or another modern language.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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