Chennai, Nov. 21 -- BJP leader K Annamalai on Friday criticised Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for calling Sanskrit a "dead language," saying the DMK government is avoiding real issues like development and good governance by stirring language debates.

Annamalai said that the language receives more funding simply because India has more Sanskrit universities than Tamil universities, not because the government gives it special preference.

Speaking to the reporters in Chennai, K Annamalai said, "Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin needs to understand that no one in our country gives extra money to any language... Look at the number of Sanskrit universities and Tamil universities in our country during the...