New Delhi, March 13 -- Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday slammed Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin's comments on the National Education Policy (NEP), saying there is nothing saffron in the policy and called it a revolution in India's education system.

Speaking to ANI, Majumdar said, "There is nothing saffron or green in the National Education Policy. The NEP is a revolution in India's education system. The main thrust of the NEP is given to learning through the mother tongue, which is Tamil in the case of Tamil Nadu. After the eighth standard, a student can select any language from a list of 22 languages to study as the third language."

On Wednesday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin criticised the central government, labelling the NE...