New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- Actor-turned-politician Ranjana Natchiyaar, on Tuesday, February 25, resigned as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the 'Hindi imposition' allegations against the Central government. In her resignation, the politician stated that the three-language policy imposition was wrong.

Ranjana Natchiyaar said she had no place in a party which "disregards Tamil identity."

The DMK in Tamil Nadu has accused the Centre of imposing Hindi on the state through the three-language formula in the National Education Policy (NEP) and depriving the state of funds for noncompliance with implementation.

"I had joined this party believing that it was a nationalist organization committed to protecting the nation, upholding r...