New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI) DMK MPs on Tuesday held protest against Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and demanded “apology” over his remark in Parliament on NEP and the three-language formula.
All DMK MPs sported black dresses in protest against and termed as “offensive and undemocratic”.
Speaking to the media, DMK MP Kanimozhi said, “The Union Govt is withholding the money that has to be given to Tamil Nadu, saying that we have to sign the three-language policy and the NEP. They are ruining the future of the children of Tamil Nadu. They have no right to withhold the funds which have to come to the children of Tamil Nadu” he added.
“Yesterday, he responded in a very abusive way, saying that we are dishonest and that the people of Tamil Nadu are uncivilised. This is not the language we expect him to be speaking. This is totally undemocratic. We expect an apology” she added.
On Thursday, while responding to the New Education Policy and three language row.
Dharmendra Pradhan said, “They (Tamil Nadu) are uncivilised, undemocratic people and not committed to the Tamil Nadu students. They are ruining their future. They are dishonest to the people of Tamil Nadu.”
DMK MP Tiruchi Siva called the statement of Dharmendra Pradhan “misleading” and said it is unethical and unparliamentary. We are also against three-language policy. Nobody can impose it on us.”
“Tamil Nadu Education Minister already clarified it…we are wearing black today and going to have a demonstration condemning the observations made by him” he said.
Congress also jumped into the issue. Karti Chidambaram said, “Tamil Nadu is very clear that a two-language curriculum serves us very well. Tamil preserves our identity and is our mother tongue, English is our link language to the world of commerce and science…we don’t need a 3rd compulsory language…The Minister should have apologised, he withdrew it but he should have apologised too.”
