The massive row over the implementation of the National Education Policy in Tamil Nadu continues, with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin stating they “will not tolerate Hindi colonialism replacing British colonialism”. Chief Minister Stalin also mocked the Bharatiya Janata Party’s signature campaign in favour of three-language policy.
In a post on social media platform X, Stalin said it was Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan who provoked the state into recent series of protests and said, “He forgot his place and dared to threaten an entire state to accept Hindi imposition.” Stalin added, “Tamil Nadu will not be blackmailed into surrendering.”
The Tamil Nadu chief minister asserted the state has already achieved various targets which the Centre aims to achieve through NEP by 2030. Likening it to an LKG student lecturing a PhD holder, Stalin said, “Dravidam does not take dictations from Delhi. Instead, it sets the course for the nation to follow.”
Saying those who have tried to impose Hindi in Tamil Nadu has been rejected by the state, “Tamil Nadu will not tolerate Hindi colonialism replacing British colonialism,” the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader said. Stalin charged Hindi has “been imposed to a nauseating extent, suffocating non-Hindi speakers, who are the majority in India”.
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The DMK leader also mocked the signature campaign being carried out by the BJP in favour of NEP in the state and said it “has become a laughing stock in Tamil Nadu”. He dared the BJP to make NEP implementation their core agenda during the 2026 Assembly polls and make it a referendum on Hindi imposition.
However, BJP state president K. Annamalai hit back at Stalin and said the latter is “rattled” seeing the support for the campaign. “As the TN CM, you seem visibly rattled, and your rants against the Signature campaign mean nothing to us,” Annamalai tweeted. “Thiru @mkstalin, stop swinging your Paper Sword against the delusional Hindi imposition. Your fake Hindi imposition drama has already been exposed. It's unfortunate that you haven't realised it yet!” Annamalai added.