As the war of words between the centre and Tamil Nadu continues to intensify over the three-language policy recommended in the national education policy(NEP), actor and politician Kamal Hassan accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of attempting to create Hindia instead of India. Further emphasizing the centre’s alleged bid to impose Hindi on southern states was against the federal principles. Hassan condemned the union government for overstepping into state affairs by selectively allocating extra funds to poll-bound states while neglecting Tamil Nadu’s fair share of resources. The actor-turned-politician’s fiery remarks were made at an all-party meeting, which was convened by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.
“My opinion is that this 453 need not change. Even when it was 145 crore, these 453 members led the country to this position today. From the third world country position to now, it is only these 453 people who have done it. They are sufficient. If at all they have to increase the number of seats, all government decisions made in the center is executed by the states. If at all you want to increase anything, increase the number of people’s representatives. Let the Assembly seats be increased.”
At the center of the row is Tamil Nadu’s concern that southern states will lose seats in Parliament and thereby its voice due to delimitation for implementing population control measures. In the six-point resolution, the parties have asked the center to extend the 1971 census-based delimitation framework for another 30 years beyond 2026 to ensure fair representation of all states.
Meanwhile, in the all-party meeting, Stalin criticised the three-language policy, saying that it had resulted in the center withholding the state’s funds and that delimitation would now affect the state’s representation. In response to Stalin’s anti-three-language policy, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister said that he is going to promote ten languages and not three. However, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan asserted the importance of promoting Indian languages through the National Education Policy 2020.
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