Mysuru, March 29 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday reiterated the State Government's stand on the National Education Policy (NEP), saying that Hindi should not be made compulsory and that the policy should be implemented from this year itself.
He clarified that while there was no objection to learning Hindi, it should not be mandatory in examinations, and maintained that several aspects of the policy appeared to favour the opposition.
"We have said that Hindi should not be made mandatory. It should be implemented from this year itself. The government has decided. Everything in it is in the opposition's favour. I do not say that Hindi should not be learned. But the exam should not be made mandatory," he told reporters.
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