Amit Shah urges TN government to introduce medical and engineering courses in Tamil
Hours after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin accused the Centre of imposing Hindi on non-Hindi speakers, Home Minister Amit Shah urged the state government to introduce medical and engineering courses in Tamil.
Shah claimed that the DMK chief has not done enough in this regard and that it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government that has made key changes to recruitment policies to accommodate regional languages.
“Till now, there was no place for the mother tongue in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) Constable recruitment. Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided that our youth will now be able to write their CAPF exam in all languages in the Eighth Schedule, including Tamil,” said Shah.
“I want to urge the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu to take steps towards introducing the curriculum of medical and engineering courses in Tamil language as soon as possible.”
The Centre had approved the conduct of the CAPF examination in 13 regional languages, including Tamil, in 2023, days after Stalin had protested the decision of the CAPF to conduct it only in Hindi and English.
In a long social media post today, Stalin accused the Union government of attempting to impose Hindi through the National Education Policy (NEP). He cited the BJP’s efforts as a threat to Tamil Nadu’s linguistic identity.
“The tree may prefer calm, but the wind will not subside,” Stalin said, arguing that the controversy was provoked by the Union Education Minister’s remarks.
“It was the Union Education Minister who provoked us to write this series of letters when we were simply doing our job. He forgot his place and dared to threaten an entire state to accept Hindi Imposition, and now he faces the consequences of reviving a fight he can never win. Tamil Nadu will not be blackmailed into surrendering,” he said, adding that Tamil Nadu had already achieved what the NEP aimed for by 2030.
“This is like an LKG student lecturing a PhD holder. Dravidam does not take dictations from Delhi. Instead, it sets the course for the nation to follow,” he said.
He also took aim at the BJP’s recent signature campaign supporting the NEP and the three-language formula.