India, March 7 -- Congress Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram on Friday said that Tamil Nadu does not need a compulsory third language and that the state is "well-served" by its existing two-language curriculum.

"Tamil Nadu is well served with a two-language (Tamil and English) formula curriculum... We don't need a compulsory third language... Whenever they (BJP) talk about a third language, it is only Hindi imposition, which Tamil Nadu will never accept." Karti Chidambaram was quoted as saying by ANI.

The Congress MP also warned that if Tamil Nadu accepts Hindi as the third language, the BJP government would eventually claim a shortage of Hindi teachers in the state, resulting in a surge of non-native speakers being hired in government sch...