Reportedly on Sunday, amidst massive backlash from regional parties over the draft National education Policy (NEP) 2019, two senior ministers in the central cabinet were engaged in efforts to firefight the onslaught of social media uproar. When taking to Twitter, Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar tweeted in Tamil to assuage fears of ‘Hindi imposition’ in non-Hindi speaking states in the country.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tweeted “The draft NEP will be finalized only after receiving feedback from the general public. The Prime Minister has initiated the #EkBharatSreshthaBharat campaign with the intention of promoting all Indian languages. The central government will be at the forefront of efforts to promote Tamil”.
Moreover the party said, “This is an act that provokes the people of Tamilnadu and he believes that in a country that has multiple language and cultures, the central government will not take a decision without understanding people's opinions. Similarly, we ask the BJP in the Centre to not play with the sentiment of Tamilians". Further the chorus against the policy had grown on Sunday, with Congress lawmaker from kerala shashi tharoor and Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy too voicing their dissent against the Centre’s move, joining the fight led by the DMK in Tamilnadu.
