Veteran Dravidian leader bats for Centre’s ‘three-language’ policy
Veteran Dravidian leader S. Duraisamy has called for the Tamil Nadu government to adopt the Centre's three-language policy to access withheld funding. He emphasized the importance of learning a third language, which could be regional rather than Hindi. Duraisamy also urged the Chief Minister to avoid including corrupt rebel MLAs in his government.
- ▪S. Duraisamy is a nonagenarian leader and former DMK MLA.
- ▪He supports the Centre's three-language formula for Tamil Nadu.
- ▪Duraisamy believes learning a third regional language is beneficial for students.
- ▪He has opposed the imposition of Hindi but sees value in regional languages.
- ▪Duraisamy urged the Chief Minister to exclude corrupt MLAs from his government.
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Nonagenarian Dravidian leader S. Duraisamy, who had participated in the anti-Hindi imposition agitation and served as DMK MLA along with party founder C.N. Annadurai in 1967, has urged the Tamil Nadu government to adopt what he described as the “acceptable” three-language formula advocated by the Centre, so as to claim the withheld funding under PM SHRI Scheme.There was nothing wrong in learning a third language (not necessarily Hindi) along with English and the regional language, Mr. Duraisamy, also veteran trade union leader, told The Hindu. It would be in the interests of students in districts bordering neighbouring States to learn Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu, he explained.“I opposed Hindi in the Assembly and am still opposed to the imposition.
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