New Delhi, March 11 -- The Trinamool Congress and Congress parties have expressed strong support for the DMK's demand for Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to apologize for his remarks on Tamil Nadu's language policy.

Kalyan Banerjee, a senior TMC leader, stated that Pradhan should face consequences for the comments and called for his removal from the cabinet. Banerjee said he has sought an apology and the removal of Pradhan from the cabinet.

"The language that has been used by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is unexpected. A central minister using such a language for the people of Tamil Nadu has downgraded the people of the state. Either he should seek an apology in the House, or he should be removed as a minister from the ...