DMK lawmaker Kanimozhi was reportedly asked if she is an Indian by a CISF official at Chennai airport when she asked the latter to speak to her either in Tamil or English.
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‘Was asked if I’m Indian by CISF official as I don’t know Hindi’: DMK lawmaker Kanimozhi

DMK lawmaker Kanimozhi on Sunday mentioned {that a} CISF official requested if “she was an Indian” when she expressed her incapacity to talk in Hindi. The Member of Parliament additionally requested if “being Indian was equal to knowing Hindi”.

“Today at the airport a CISF officer asked me if “I am an Indian” after I requested her to talk to me in tamil or English as I didn’t know Hindi. I wish to know from when being indian is the same as realizing Hindi,” Kanimozhi mentioned in a tweet.

 

The incident reportedly occurred at Chennai airport when the Thoothukkodi MP arrived there to board a flight to Delhi within the afternoon, information company PTI reported quoting DMK social gathering sources.

Reacting to her tweet, the Central Industrial Security Force, which is answerable for safety at airports within the nation, requested the MP to share particulars of the incident and mentioned an enquiry has been ordered into the matter.

“The CISF has ordered an Enquiry into the matter. It is not the policy of CISF to insist upon any particular language,” mentioned a tweet by the paramilitary pressure.

The MP thanked CISF for the “immediate response and assurance to take action.”

 

The problem of so-called imposition of Hindi language has been a sore level with the southern states together with Tamil Nadu the place the DMK is the principle opposition social gathering. It is as soon as once more in information following the Centre’s announcement of the New Education Policy (NEP) final month which has adopted a three-language formulation.

Earlier this week, Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi Okay Palaniswami rejected the three-language formulation, saying that the state is not going to change its two-language coverage.

“We are saddened by the three-language formula introduced by the central government in National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Our state is already following two-language policy (of Tamil and English) for decades and there will be no changes in it,” Palaniswami mentioned after chairing a cupboard assembly in Chennai.

He requested the Prime Minister to “allow states to make a decision as per their own policy”.

The MK Stalin-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and lots of opposition events in Tamil Nadu have additionally opposed the brand new schooling coverage and desire a evaluation of the sweeping reforms it has proposed.

The DMK chief has mentioned the NEP was an try at alleged imposition of Hindi and Sanskrit and vowed to battle towards it by becoming a member of palms with like-minded political events and chief ministers of different states.

However, the Centre has denied the cost of attempting to impose any language on any state. Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has mentioned that the Centre is not going to impose any language on any state via NEP. Nishank posted the clarification via a tweet in Tamil whereas replying to former Union minister from Tamil Nadu Pon Radhakrishnan.

“I once again like to insist that the Central government will not impose any language on any state,” Nishank mentioned final week.

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