India, March 3 -- In the ongoing debate on the alleged 'imposition of languages' in southern states, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin intensified his criticism of the three-language formula on Monday, asking the centre if it applied the model in northern states.

Stalin, in a social media post, questioned the critics why they didn't first say which third language was being taught in North India.

"Some guardians of lopsided policies, wailing in great concern, ask, 'Why are you denying Tamil Nadu students the opportunity to learn a third language?' Well, why don't they first say which third language is being taught up north? If they had just taught two languages properly there, where do we need to learn a third?" Stalin said on X.

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