Accordingly Tamilnadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has refuted reports of an alleged rift between the ruling AIADMK and its ally BJP. He said "We (AIADMK) still have an alliance with them (BJP). There is no change. Why is media trying to create confusion on this?" added while responding to a question posed by reporters here on Thursday regarding 'bitter relations' between AIADMK and BJP post the poll debacle.
Meanwhile as per reports, AIADMK, which won the Theni parliamentary seat, is upset as it was unable to find representation in the Union council of ministers. Furthermore on being asked to respond on his tweet on the three-language formula, Palaniswami said he had just suggested that Tamil could be taught as an optional language in other states, adding that the Opposition is trying to create a "major controversy".
Moreover Palaniswami had on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra modi to include Tamil as an optional language in the curriculum across india. Apparently he later deleted his tweet. In the draft National education Policy 2019, a three-language formula recommended the inclusion of English and Hindi besides mother tongue in non-Hindi speaking states, while Hindi-speaking states were to include English and an Indian language from other parts of the country. Perhaps many leaders from non-Hindi states, especially Tamilnadu and Karnataka, had opposed the policy.
