Tamil Nadu BJP President K. Annamalai on Thursday criticized the DMK government and Chief Minister MK Stalin over the ongoing controversy surrounding the three-language policy, claiming that more than one lakh people across the state had supported the Bharatiya Janata Party’s online signature campaign against the policy.
In a post on X, Annamalai stated that while CM Stalin spends his time spreading “hallucinatory fears,” the BJP is focused on engaging constructively with the people of Tamil Nadu to address disparities in education for government school students. He mentioned that the BJP’s online campaign, hosted on puthiyakalvi.in, had already received overwhelming support from over one lakh individuals, and that party cadres had initiated a door-to-door campaign across districts.
Annamalai also attacked CM Stalin, claiming that after the opposition to the three-language policy failed to gain popular support, Stalin had shifted to claiming an “imaginary Hindi imposition.” He further criticized Stalin for not making Tamil a compulsory subject in matriculation schools, accusing the Tamil Nadu CM of misleading the people.
“You cannot fool people anymore, Thiru Stalin! The 16th Amendment of the Indian Constitution, which was introduced to prevent your party’s secessionist ideas, was passed by the very party you are allied with today,” Annamalai added.
The BJP leader also pointed out that in a previous statement, Tamil Nadu’s Education Minister had acknowledged that the state was already implementing many aspects of the National Education Policy (NEP), contradicting Stalin’s recent criticism of the policy, which he called “poison.”
Meanwhile, earlier on Thursday, Chief Minister MK Stalin invoked the spirit of the 1967 Tamil language protests, urging the state to rise against what he described as the “imposition of Hindi.” Stalin shared a photograph of former CM Annadurai, reminding the people of Tamil Nadu of the anti-Hindi movement and calling for a similar uprising against the perceived threat to the Tamil language.
The Tamil Nadu government has expressed strong opposition to the NEP, particularly its emphasis on the three-language formula, alleging that the Centre’s push for the policy is an attempt to impose Hindi on the state.