TN Police Blocks BJP’s Tamilisai Soundarajan’s Third Language Signature Drive

Former Telangana Governor and BJP Leader Tamilisai Soundarajan was stopped by police in her attempt to carry forward the BJP Signature Campaign in support of the National Education Policy in Chennai.

Tamilisai Soundararajan, BJP State President K Annamalai, and others participated in the campaign questioning DMK’s opposition to the three-language policy under NEP.

The BJP leader Soundararajan questioned why children are denied the opportunity to study another language which will open new job opportunities

BJP state president Annamalai claimed that police have “arrested” Tamilisai Soundararajan and said the party will not back down.

Annamalai, taking to X, claimed, “The Tamil Nadu Police have arrested Dr Tamilisai, former Governor of Telangana and Puducherry, who was leading a signature campaign on behalf of BJP Tamilnadu in Chennai today in support of the National Education Policy, which provides poor and vulnerable children with quality education and the opportunity to learn their preferred languages.”

Annamalai accused DMK of “making” Tamil a commercial language for sixty years and allowing the trilingual policy only in private schools.

He added that People have understood the “drama” of DMK and CM Stalin and there’s a massive support for the trilingual policy.

The double role of the DMK, which has been making Tamil a commercial language for sixty years and allowing the trilingual policy only in private schools, is being exposed today. The public is starting to realize the drama of the DMK and is seeing the massive support for the trilingual policy, and the Chief Minister Mr.MK Stalin is reeling in fear. As a result, the democratic signature movement is being blocked and arrested.” Annamalai wrote on X.

Annamalai said the state’s BJP will not back down over these “illegal” arrests.

“The Tamil Nadu BJP will not back down in fear after all this arrest spree. We will go to every house in Tamil Nadu. How many people can you arrest illegally, Chief Minister? The National Education Policy provides quality education and the opportunity to learn multiple languages in government schools for free to the children of your party’s cadre of volunteers. Why are you blocking that?” Annamalai wrote.

Earlier today, MK Stalin expressed his strong opposition to the imposition of Hindi and defended Tamil’s rightful place. Referring to a popular quote, Stalin stated, “When you are accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”

Stalin emphasized that demanding Linguistic Equality is not chauvinism, and stressed that true chauvinism is seen when laws that govern all citizens are written in a language that Tamils cannot comprehend.

The Chief Minister further spoke about what he called were the inequities Tamil Nadu faces, despite being the most contributing state to the nation.

“Chauvinism is treating the state that contributes the most to the nation as second-class citizens and denying its fair share for refusing to swallow the poison called NEP,” he posted on X.

Stalin in his post stated that the imposition of any language breeds division and enmity, threatening national unity. (ANI)