Patna: Reacting to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin's remark on the three-language policy, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday said that the diversity is the beauty of this country, and all languages should be respected.
"Diversity is the beauty of this country. How many languages are there in Bihar, so all languages should be respected for this," Tejashwi Yadav told reporters.
Earlier today, Tamil Nadu CM Stalin urged the people to "rise" to defend the state in a fight against the delimitation of constituencies and the three-language policy.
Stalin criticised the three-language policy, saying that it had resulted in the centre withholding the state's funds and that delimitation would now 'affect' the state's representation.
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"Their three-language policy has already resulted in the withholding of our rightful funds. Likewise, while they claim they will not reduce Tamil Nadu's parliamentary seats, they are unwilling to assure that the representation of other states will not be disproportionately increased. Our demand is clear - do not determine parliamentary constituencies based on population alone...We will never compromise on Tamil Nadu's welfare and future for anyone or anything...Tamil Nadu will resist! Tamil Nadu will prevail," Stalin said.
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi had said that there's a strong demand for implementation of New Education Policy 2020 because the youth feel "hugely deprived" of opportunities.
"There is huge demand for implementation of the NEP 2020. The youth of this region feel hugely deprived of opportunities compared to those from neighboring states due to the rigid two language policy of the State Government," the Governor said in a statement posted on X by the Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan.
He further stated that the 'stringent' two-language policy is "unfair" and that the youth "must have a choice to study language."
"Unfortunately, in the name of opposition to Hindi, they are not allowed to study even any other South Indian languages. This is indeed unfair. Our youth must have a choice to study language," he said.
The Tamil Nadu government has strongly opposed implementing the New Education Policy (NEP) of 2020, raising concern over the "three-language formula" and alleging that the Centre wants to 'impose' Hindi.
