00:00Tamil Nadu's language politics is also heating up and Rahul Gandhi is now at the centre of the
00:04political face-off. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi accused the Modi government
00:09of attacking Tamil identity, culture, history and traditions while addressing students at the
00:15Chhatro Ki Goonj event in Chennai. The BJP has hit back, accusing Rahul Gandhi of trying to
00:20manufacture a north-south divide, with BJP citing the centre's initiatives to promote Tamil culture
00:25and AI-powered translation in Indian languages. BJP also cited Prime Minister Modi's outreach to
00:31Tamil culture from translating his Kashi Tamil Sangamam speech into Tamil to gifting the
00:37Tirukural to the Russian president and taking Xi Jinping to Mahabalipuram. Prime Minister Modi
00:44meanwhile has pitched development, promising to work with Chief Minister Vijay and also urging
00:49Tamil Nadu's youth to take their culture global. But the political heat does not end there.
00:53The DMK too has pushed back against Rahul Gandhi's campaign, saying that Congress need not
00:58lecture it on Tamil identity and questioning why an event in Tamil Nadu was entitled in Tamil or English.
01:34I have been on the
01:34I got the opportunity to work with the citizens.
01:38The government was changing.
01:40But the development of Tamil Nadu and the people's support of this country
01:47has always been destroyed.
01:50And today, with this discussion,
01:54we are meeting with the President Joseph Vijay Ji,
01:58and we are continuing with Tamil Nadu's leadership.
02:02So how is Modi and Shah destroying the foundation of curiosity?
02:10The first is language imposition.
02:143,300 crores withheld from Tamil Nadu via the new education policy.
02:24Money that is yours, that you should get, is being withheld from you by the Government of India.
02:32Second, centralization.
02:36There is an 87% fall in Tamil medium students' share of MBBS seats because of NEET.
02:45Third, RSS certification.
02:5070% of your state universities are without vice chancellors
02:56because the Governor wants to ensure that RSS people run your universities.
03:03And finally...
03:05...
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