TN govt. reiterates two-language policy, asks Governor to clear NEET legislation
The Hindu
Tamil Official Language Minister Thangam Thennarasu said TN had a policy of teaching students Tamil and English and this did not affect them in any way; he reiterated the State’s request for the governor to clear the NEET exemption Bill
Responding to Governor R.N. Ravi’s contention that school students should not be deprived of knowledge in other Indian languages, Minister for Tamil Official Language and Culture, Thangam Thennarasu, on Thursday, said the Tamil Nadu government has been following the two-language policy since 1967. He further reiterated the State government’s request to the Governor to clear [for Presidential assent] the NEET exemption Bill, pending before him since it was adopted by the Assembly in September last year.
In a statement, Mr. Thennarasu referred to the address of the Governor on the occasion of Republic Day and said his comments sounded as if he advocated a three-language policy in Tamil Nadu. “Those who are aware of the history of protests for language in Tamil Nadu, would realise that ‘other Indian languages’ is only another terminology for pushing Hindi,” he said.