Chennai sources stated that party sources said DMK leaders and workers staged a protest here on Saturday against the Railway Ministry's instruction to hold competitive examinations in English and Hindi. It was led by MP kanimozhi, party leaders, including R S Bharathy and MP Kalanidhi Veerasamy staged the protest and raised slogans in front of the Southern Railway office here.
Furthermore later the leaders presented a memorandum to the Southern Railway general manager rahul Jain opposing the Ministry's move to hold the examinations in the two languages. Meanwhile DMK chief M K Stalin said the instructions by the Ministry were against 'language equality'. He said "The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam opposes such discriminatory practices and reiterates that the Union government immediately ensures that all Indians are treated equally, irrespective of their linguistic or geographical background”.
Moreover as per report Stalin urged Railway Minister Piyush Goyal to withdraw the instructions at the earliest.
