NEP’s sole purpose is to promote Hindi: Chief Minister M K Stalin
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday alleged that it was not the National Education Policy but a “saffron policy” aimed at developing Hindi and not the nation.
Addressing a public rally, Stalin also took on the Modi government on the delimitation exercise, claiming that it was attempting to “sustain power” by winning in northern states. The BJP was trying to increase the number of MPs in states of their influence and thereby develop party, but the DMK will stop it, he asserted.
Stalin’s “saffron policy” jibe came a day after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan accused the DMK-led state government of trying to score political brownies to “revive” the ruling party’s fortunes, saying the DMK’s “latest cacophony” on language imposition and its stance on NEP’s three-language formula exposed their “hypocrisy”.
“We oppose NEP as it will completely destroy Tamil Nadu’s education growth. The NEP does not accept reservation that is social justice. This policy denies the assistance amount to SCs, STs and Other Backward Classes,” Stalin alleged.
The chief minister said the Centre was trying to filter students by holding public exam for classes, including 3 and 5 and the exams for classes from 9 to 12 will be semester-based and similar to All India exams.