Chennai, Feb. 28 -- Upping the ante against alleged Hindi imposition by the Centre, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday said the state will not allow the forcing of the language on it and vowed to protect Tamil and its culture.
"Will oppose Hindi imposition. Hindi is the mask, Sanskrit is the hidden face," he said in a letter to party workers.
The ruling DMK has been alleging Hindi imposition by the Centre through the 3-language formula as part of the National Education Policy (NEP), a charge denied by the union government. The issue has since become a bone of contention between the two, prompting Stalin to declare the state was even ready for "another language war," like the anti-Hindi agitation the DMK spearheaded in 1965.
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