DMK's Kanimozhi kindles 'Hindi imposition' debate after asked if she was Indian at airport

Rekindling 'Hindi imposition' issue, DMK Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi, on Sunday, stated that she was stopped at an airport where security officials asked her if 'she was an Indian'. Kanimozhi alleged that this was in response to her query asking security officer to speak in English or Tamil. Kanimozhi raised question - 'From when being Indian is equal to kwing Hindi?'.

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Kanimozhi rekindles 'Hindi imposition' debate

Within hours, CISF hequarters tweeted back at DMK MP informing her that CISF has ordered an Enquiry into matter. It insisted that it is t policy of CISF to insist upon any particular langu. MP thanked CISF for its prompt response.

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Hindi imposition debate

Last year in June, a draft of Centre's National Education Policy (NEP) 2019 raised opposition mainly among South Indian politicians. According to draft, Central government proposed to introduce a three-langu system in schools while dressing media. As per draft, n-Hindi speaking States in India would include regional langu, English and Hindi, while parts where Hindi is spoken would have English and one of modern Indian langu in dition to Hindi. In response, present Tamil Nu government has clarified that dual-langu method of education will continue in state. recently released NEP 2020 does t mention three-langu policy.

dressing reporters outside Chennai airport, Thoothukudi MP Kanimozhi said, " DMK will oppose in Parliament if any langu, t just Hindi, is thrust upon us". Supporting her sentiments,  Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan said that 'Hindi should t be imposed on anyone'. Centre too pointed out that this was a draft and assured that final policy will be released after consultation with all parties.

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NEP 2020

NEP 2020 comes after policies in 1968, and 1986, which was later amended in 1992. new policy has been rolled out post deliberation of almost six years. new policy has been a  part of BJP's election manifesto in 2014. Apart from major changes in Higher education and Union ministry's renaming itself, new policy extends right to education (RTE) act in a new 5+3+3+4 formula inste of current 10+2 model. It also likely to bring foreign education players to India as it enhances government spending on education.

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