“The youth of today will not buy the Dravidian parties’ allegations of the Centre imposing Hindi on the State’s “unwilling” population”, senior BJP leader L. Ganesan said here on Sunday.
In an interaction with the media here, Mr. Ganesan said that it was decided way back in 1952 that Hindi would be made the official language of communication. Since States such as Tamil Nadu were not exposed to Hindi then, they were given some more time to prepare by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Even 50 years after his death, the Dravidian parties were crying foul over the use of Hindi as India’s official language, he claimed.
Most youth in the State were willing to learn Hindi and the truth was borne out in a recent survey by a section of the media. That was the prevailing situation and those who go against the will of the people would be thrown out by the people themselves, Mr. Ganesan cautioned. Several Tamilians hold high positions all over the country. It was in this situation that only in Tamil Nadu, the politicians were opposing NEET exam. It was shameful that many students could not clear NEET exam and that reflected poorly on the educational standards prevailing in the State, the senior BJP leader lambasted. Even backward States such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and the like have accepted NEET while Tamil Nadu was opposing it, he pointed out.
While thanking the AIADMK’s support for the NDA’s Presidential candidate, he urged the other political parties not to create needless controversies.
