TN's Hindi Ban Bill? DMK vs BJP War Erupts Over Language Politics

India Today

This special report focuses on the Tamil Nadu government's proposal to introduce a bill banning Hindi hoardings, films, and songs, sparking a major political confrontation with the BJP. The DMK government, led by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, contends the move is to protect Tamil identity from Hindi imposition, while the BJP has labelled the proposed bill as 'stupid and absurd'. The BJP alleges, 'Whenever the DMK has a lot of setbacks, when they are facing a major setback, they have the habit of using language as a tool to divert the attention'. Amid this escalating language war, the AIADMK staged protests in the assembly, wearing black bands and walking out after raising the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, highlighting a multi-pronged opposition attack on the ruling DMK.

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00:00Moving on, expect high drama over the next few days within the Tamil Nadu Assembly.

00:04The reason is that Tamil Nadu is going to be bringing a bill against use of Hindi in the state.

00:10EIDMK will raise Karo Trance Stampede in the Assembly as well.

00:14DMK mouthpiece Mora Asuli has slammed TVK Chief Vijay.

00:18Tamil Nadu government sources say state is going to be passing a bill banning Hindi hoardings,

00:25boards, movies and songs as well.

00:27Sources say the chief in ISA also held an emergency meeting to discuss the same.

00:32BJP meanwhile called the proposed move by the DMK stupid and absurd.

00:37BJP also realized that DMK is fed up of facing back-to-back setbacks from court.

00:42EIDMK has mounted its attack against the DMK here.

00:46Leaders wearing a black band to the Assembly as a symbol of protest.

00:51EIDMK raised the Karo Trance Stampede in the Assembly and then staged a walkout.

00:57The Tamil Nadu government is going to introduce a Hindi ban bill in Tamil Nadu.

01:02Is that a possibility? Is that possible?

01:05We go by the constitution. We are not BJP.

01:08We will not do anything against the constitution like what BJP is doing.

01:14We will go by the constitution.

01:16Article fundamental rights is article 25, is a fundamental right which gives right to every citizen to follow any religion.

01:26But this BJP wants to make this country a Hindu country.

01:29So we don't follow such unruly things.

01:35Hindi is a language of India and people from North India, when they come here, they speak in Hindi.

01:42They are Indians.

01:44We cannot stop any Indian from talking in their mother tongue.

01:48We respect mother tongue.

01:52That is why we wanted Tamil to be protected, preserved.

01:55That's all.

01:55Whenever the DMK has a lot of setbacks, when they are facing a major setback,

02:00they have the habit of using language as a tool to divert the attention.

02:03It is the same DMK which in several areas like the Harbour Constituency in central Chennai,

02:08use Hindi posters and fanflags during elections to own the voters from North India.

02:13And they go to Bihar, they try to campaign, they try to get the attention of people elsewhere.

02:20But whenever they want to divert, distract the people, they talk about Hindi as a medium to do that.

02:26So I think it's very absurd.

02:27It's very stupid.

02:28All languages should be, you know, respected.

02:33Tamil is our mother tongue and we should be giving predominance to that.

02:36But we can't expect that also from DMK because they don't have Tamil as their native tongue.

02:40You know, I'm always different from us.

02:44His mother will tell you them that you text Isaiah and Jayama are the one who's not the one who's dead

02:49And they tell him as true as they do nothing else.

02:50They even say about the goal, the body says you even afterM مثinal you to come and do a gathering day.

02:53We say that, we always do it and say that, you just put it for two people to come

03:01They tell him who will not be the one who wants to be the one that will remain there.

03:06He is very, very different.

03:08He is also started.

03:09It is not one thing.

03:10Saiv is this.

03:11Vain is this.

03:13It is not one thing.

03:15What is it?

03:17You can tell me, what is it?

03:19This is what I am saying.

03:21No. Saiv is this.

03:23It is a one thing.

03:25Vain is this.

03:27It is a one thing.

03:29It is a one thing.

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