India, March 11 -- Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday cited a 2024 letter from the government of Tamil Nadu to assert that the DMK-led state agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish PM-SHRI schools under the National Education Policy.

"DMK MPs and Hon'ble CM can stack lies as high as they want, but the truth doesn't bother knocking when it comes crashing down. The DMK dispensation led by Hon'ble CM Stalin has a lot to answer to the people of Tamil Nadu. Raking the language issue as a diversionary tactic and denying facts as per their convenience will not shield their governance and welfare deficit," he wrote on X.

Pradhan said the state's "sudden change" of stance on the NEP was intended to sco...