CM Stalin Calls Hindi Imposition Cultural Invasion, Vows To Fight It
Be poll-ready, he tells cadre on anti-Hindi martyrs ’ day
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin on Sunday asked the cadre to take an oath on the sacrifice of anti-Hindi martyrs for the continuance of the DMK government and asserted that Tamil Nadu would not bow to the dominance of Delhi. He also urged the DMK cadre and alliance parties to start the election campaign immediately so that the welfare schemes of the Dravidian model government continues and Tamil Nadu does not turn into places of violences like Uttar Pradesh and Manipur.
Addressing the annual meeting to remember the anti-Hindi martyrs at Kanchipuram, Stalin described the 2026 elections as an ‘Aryan-Dravidian struggle’ and the victory against the political opponents who are trying to destroy Tamil culture and their slaves would be ensured in the elections.
He accused the Union government of trying to impose the three-language formula and said Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan had denied Rs 3,458 crore to Tamil Nadu for not accepting the three language policy. He termed Hindi imposition as a ‘cultural invasion’ and said Tamil Nadu had grown by opposing Hindi and accepting English. “People in Delhi are invading Tamil Nadu to make us slaves. We have seen several such invasions. No matter how many times they invade and how many betrayers, slavers, political clowns and cowards accompany them, you cannot defeat Tamil Nadu,” Stalin asserted.
He accused the Union government of trying to impose the three-language formula and said Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan had denied Rs 3,458 crore to Tamil Nadu for not accepting the three language policy. He termed Hindi imposition as a ‘cultural invasion’ and said Tamil Nadu had grown by opposing Hindi and accepting English. “People in Delhi are invading Tamil Nadu to make us slaves. We have seen several such invasions. No matter how many times they invade and how many betrayers, slavers, political clowns and cowards accompany them, you cannot defeat Tamil Nadu,” Stalin asserted.
He asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi if he remembered the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and how many times he visited Tamil Nadu. “You cannot win a single seat in Tamil Nadu,” Stalin said. The AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami who is with him had never seen a victory ever since 2019, the DMK leader said.
Reacting to Modi’s charge that crimes against women had gone up during the DMK’s regime, Stalin recalled the gang rape of Bilkis Banu, a pregnant lady and how the Gujarat government prematurely released the 11 convicts. He said the Supreme Court had to intervene to cancel their release. “My government has passed a law ruling out premature release of convicts in sexual assault. Do you have the locus standi to speak about crimes against women?” he asked Modi. He asked the Prime Minister to go to Uttar Pradesh and Manipur and make speeches on crimes against women. Tamil Nadu is a state where the number of women going to colleges and the number of women going for jobs are the highest in India, the Chief Minister pointed out.
On the allegation of the Prime Minister that the prevalence of drugs in Tamil Nadu had increased, the DMK leader said drugs smuggled through Maharashtra and Gujarat worth Rs. 11,311 crore were seized in the last five years. “Who is running the governments in Gujarat and Maharashtra? Is it the DMK?” he asked, adding “the dabba engine government called the ‘double engine government” is ruling both the states. “Preventing the entry of drugs into India is not my responsibility. It is the responsibility of Prime Minister Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah,” Stalin said.
In an apparent reference to Modi’s mention of the Thiruparankundram issue, Stalin said some people did not like people living peacefully. It is unbecoming of a Prime Minister to raise such issues, he said. On Modi’s promise that the NDA government would ensure development of Tamil Nadu, the DMK leader pointed out that they themselves are using the word ‘NDA government’. He further said Tamil Nadu had grown in economy, industrial investment, education, employment, health and social indicators even according to the statistics provided by the Union government. Modi’s idea of destroying Tamil Nadu would not be fulfilled, he added.
Stalin said he raised 11 questions to the Prime Minister before his visit but he had not answered anyone since there were no answers.
The DMK alone has the backbone and courage to question the BJP government’s betrayals against Tamil Nadu and cowards who are afraid even when they hear the names of Enforcement Directorate and CBI could not protect the state, he said. If the BJP government tried to threaten the DMK using the investigation agencies, the DMK has the determination to face it. “We will not bow but courageously take on the challenge with people’s support. We will continue the 2,000-year-old battle to protect our land, language and honour,” he said.
Countering AIADMK leader Palaniswami’s speech at Madhuranthagam meeting that the sun (DMK’s election symbol) had disappeared on the day of Prime Minister’s arrival, Stalin asked how Palaniswami could see the sun if he continues to look at people’s feet. The AIADMK leader should raise his head and look upwards once to know about the existence and power of the sun.
Replying to the Prime Minister’s speech that former chief minister J. Jayalalithaa curbed crimes against women, the Chief Minister recalled how Jayalalithaa challenged Modi with the words “Gujarat Modi or this lady?”. He also recalled Modi and Shah had attacked the AIADMK government as the most corrupt regime in India.