Prayagraj, Feb. 23 -- Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party president K Annamalai accused certain political parties of making "unnecessary controversy" and trying to divide the country on the basis of language, taking a veiled jibe at Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which has alleged that the union government is trying to impose Hindi over non-hindi speaking states.

"Some political parties still want to divide our country based on language. Mother tongue is important for everyone. Mahakavi Bharati called Tamil the greatest language after knowing more than 10 languages. So people should study more languages," he told ANI while he was in Prayagraj.

Annamalai's comments come amidst Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief M K Stalin writing a ...