New Delhi, Feb. 27 -- Tamil Nadu and the Centre are locked in a heated dispute, with the DMK government accusing the BJP-led NDA of attempting to impose Hindi language on the state through the three-language formula in the National Education Policy (NEP). The Hindi imposition row has led to a war of words between the DMK and the state BJP unit of Tamil Nadu.

While the DMK has accused the Centre of trying to "impose religious ideas on the education system", the BJP has called it an "unnecessary controversy", denying charges that the three-language formula is to impose Hindi on the state.

The Hindi imposition row between the Tamil Nadu government and the Centre flared up when Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said he will withhold Rs.2,40...