“Political parties want certain class not to come up…”: Annamalai slams DMK government

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 18 (ANI): Amid ruckus over the DMK government in Tamil Nadu targeting the centre over “Hindi imposition”, state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president K Annamalai on Tuesday said that political parties don’t want a particular class to have mobility in life.

He said that the BJP would start a campaign and visit all houses, asking people to sign for a third language.

“Tamil Nadu has two classes of people. Political parties want a certain class not to come up in life…from March, till May, BJP will visit all houses and ask people to sign up for a third language, explaining to them the benefit of a third language,” Annamalai told reporters.

The BJP leader further accused the DMK government of “denying” a third language in government schools while adding that the matriculation board under the state government doesn’t mandate Tamil.

“DMK is saying that we are trying to push Hindi into Tamil Nadu. That is where the problem is because it is a blatant lie. When students in private schools are studying a third language as a medium, why are you denying this to a government school? The worst part is that in the matriculation board, which comes under the state government, Tamil is not compulsory,” Annamalai said.

Earlier today, the BJP leader lashed out at the INDIA bloc parties in the state for protesting against the central government over the “Hindi imposition” issue, saying that nobody was imposing Hindi.

He said that the INDIA bloc parties were “confusing” students as Hindu wasn’t being imposed in Tamil Nadu.

“INDIA alliance parties are conducting protests against the Union Government that we are imposing Hindi. Whether it’s PM Modi or the Union government, nobody imposes Hindi. Why do you (DMK and its alliance) protest, which is a waste? If you don’t want Hindi, learn any other language. They are confusing students by saying that Hindi is imposed,” Annamalai told reporters.

The BJP leader claimed that the state education policy has failed since many students are admitted to private schools instead of government schools. Annamalai added that the BJP would contest the 2026 assembly elections while demanding a three-language policy.