India, Feb. 17 -- Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday dismissed Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin's opposition to the three-language formula, which makes it mandatory for every school student to study at least three languages under National Education Policy (NEP), saying that "they are not accepting the idea because of their political interest". Pradhan said that he respects all languages and there is no imposition of Hindi English or any other language in Tamil Nadu.

"We all accept NEP, but they are not accepting the idea because of their political interest. I know education is in concurrent list but to create competition among students, to create a level-playing field, we have to come to a common platform. NEP is th...