Stalin slams Centre for "autocratic imposition" of Hindi

The DMK president M K Stalin on Sunday accused the Centre of "autocratic imposition of Hindi" and underscored the need for unity in opposition ranks to take forward protest against the government on such issues.

Addressing an MDMK party event chaired by its leader Vaiko here, Stalin said Tamil was sidelined in the competitive examination conducted by the railways and postal department.

After Home Minister Amit Shah's pitch for Hindi as a common link language, the DMK chief had Saturday said that such a view was against national integrity and demanded that it be taken back.

"We have been compelled to go the protest mode everyday to get our rights;" he said and sarcastically added "even if we snooze they (the Centre) will thrust Hindi and ease out Tamil if went tired."
"They are continuously imposing Hindi and we are opposing it all along," he said and alleged "thrusting of Hindi is being carried on in an autocratic fashion (by the Centre) despite such opposition."
The Central and State governments were behind the betrayal on such issues, he alleged adding, "we have the democratic duty to stop it."