Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Manickam Tagore criticized the Centre’s three-language policy on Saturday, describing it as dangerous to India’s integrity.
Manickam Tagore said the policy would undermine social justice and the secular fabric of the country. He urged the Union government to withdraw its compulsory implementation in CBSE schools.
Tagore argued that education should be shifted from the concurrent list to the State list. Only State governments understand local aspirations and can frame suitable curricula, he said.
He dismissed claims of mutual language exchange between States as deception. Hindi-speaking States lack infrastructure to teach non-Hindi languages such as Tamil, he noted.
Tagore added that people should learn languages out of interest rather than through imposition. The policy would disproportionately affect non-Hindi-speaking States, he stated.
