"Politically Motivated": Education Minister Hits Back At MK Stalin Over Hindi Row

There is "no question of imposing any language" but there is an "over-reliance on foreign languages, limiting students' exposure to linguistic roots", and the National Education Policy tries to correct this, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Friday in a letter to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.

The NEP "upholds the principle of linguistic freedom and ensures the students continue to learn in the language of their choice", Mr Pradhan wrote, also criticising Tamil Nadu's ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for its "continued opposition to NEP 2020 for political reasons" and for looking at the policy "with a myopic vison and spinning progressive reforms into threats to sustain political narratives".