Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) cadres, in a repeat of Sunday’s incident, defaced Hindi lettering on government signboards at various locations, including railway stations and post offices. In response, BJP Tamil Nadu chief K. Annamalai criticized the ruling party, calling its stance on the three-language policy “hypocritical.
On Sunday, DMK members blackened Hindi text at Palakkad and Palaiyamkottai railway stations. The protests continued on Monday, with party functionaries defacing Hindi letters on signboards at Alandur Post Office and a BSNL office on GST Road in Chennai.
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Reacting to the vandalism, BJP Tamil Nadu chief K. Annamalai criticized the DMK on social media platform X, questioning why its leaders oppose the three-language policy while enrolling their own children in schools that offer multiple languages. “The DMK party is a bunch of confused nincompoops who have different standards for their families and others,” he wrote, accusing the party of misleading the public.
Had seen a few misguided individuals roaming around with a can of black paint, striking Hindi Letters in opposition to the three-language formula in the New National Education Policy. We would humbly suggest that they visit the Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax Office with…
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) February 24, 2025
The BJP state chief also challenged Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to explain why government school students in Tamil Nadu are denied the option to learn a third language, while private schools run by DMK leaders offer Hindi, other Indian languages, and even foreign languages.
Annamalai further questioned, “Why is the right to learn a third language refused only for students studying in government schools? Is the right to learn an additional language a privilege only for those who can afford it?”
He also challenged Chief Minister M.K. Stalin by recalling a statement from DMK founder C.N. Annadurai: “Did your party founder, Thiru Annadurai, not say that Tamil Nadu is willing to adopt the three-language formula if other states also adopt it?”
Taking a jibe at Stalin, Annamalai sarcastically wrote, “Thiru @mkstalin should also bring his I.N.D.I. Alliance partners to Tamil Nadu and give them a box of black paint.”
The three-language policy, part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, has been a contentious issue in Tamil Nadu, where the ruling DMK opposes what it calls “Hindi imposition.” The BJP, however, argues that the policy allows students to choose from multiple languages and does not make Hindi mandatory.
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