Coimbatore: Tamil was accorded classical language status in the year 2004 but it's only six years later that the Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi decided to hold the first edition of world classical Tamil conference.
The much hyped first edition of the world classical Tamil conference ends at Coimbatore on Sunday.
Home Minister P Chidambaram and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee are participating in the valedictory function. Karunanidhi has pumped in Rs 380 crore for the five-day bash.
He also said that priority in government jobs will be given to those who studied Tamil.
Even though academic discussions on Tamil actually take place in a smaller area but it's this open session which could accommodate around 60,000 people the ruling DMK is exploiting. Although they are meant to be literary activities, its politics that's spoken.
"I don't think the Chief Minister is looking at the conference as a political thing but whatever it means it will be seen only after the conference and not now," said DMK MP M Kanimozhi defending the party.
The much hyped first edition of the world classical Tamil conference ends at Coimbatore on Sunday.
Home Minister P Chidambaram and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee are participating in the valedictory function. Karunanidhi has pumped in Rs 380 crore for the five-day bash.
He also said that priority in government jobs will be given to those who studied Tamil.
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Even though academic discussions on Tamil actually take place in a smaller area but it's this open session which could accommodate around 60,000 people the ruling DMK is exploiting. Although they are meant to be literary activities, its politics that's spoken.
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"I don't think the Chief Minister is looking at the conference as a political thing but whatever it means it will be seen only after the conference and not now," said DMK MP M Kanimozhi defending the party.
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