New Delhi, April 6 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a sharp but veiled swipe at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin over the ongoing Hindi imposition debate over the New Education Policy (NEP). Addressing a public gathering in Rameswaram after the launch of the India's first vertical lift sea bridge, the 'Pamban Bridge', PM Modi remarked that while MK Stalin and other Tamil Nadu leaders often champions the Tamil language and alleged Hindi imposition in political discourse, none of the letters he receives from Tamil leaders are actually signed in Tamil.

Without naming anyone, PM Narendra Modi said he gets letters from leaders of Tamil Nadu and "they do not sign in Tamil."

"The Government is constantly working to ensure that the Tamil...