‘Imaginary concerns; NEP not imposing…’: Education Minister condemns Stalin’s letter to PM Modi

New Delhi: In a serious rebuke, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday lashed out at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s letter to High Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that it became fueled by political motives and based on “imaginary discipline.” Addressing a press conference, Pradhan emphasized that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is no longer imposing any language on a narrate.”One level I wish to re-emphasize is that the NEP is no longer recommending imposition of any language on the respective students of a narrate. That design, by no means the NEP is recommending imposition of Hindi in Tamil Nadu,” Dharmendra Pradhan asserted.

‘Imaginary considerations; NEP no longer imposing…’: Education Minister condemns Stalin’s letter to PM Modi

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan mentioned, “Via social media, I came to know that Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin has written a letter to PM Narendra Modi. He has no longer written the letter in good spirit. He has mentioned few imaginary considerations by design of that letter and his letter is stuffed with political motivation and wanting out into his relish political convenience, he has written that letter.”

Sharing a post on X, Pradhan wrote, “Extremely harmful for a Disclose to switch wanting NEP 2020 with a myopic imaginative and prescient and employ threats to retain political narratives. Hon’ble PM @narendramodi ji’s govt. is fully dedicated to promote and popularise the eternal Tamil culture and language globally. I humbly appeal to no longer politicise training and upward thrust above political differences in the accurate interest of our students.”

Extremely harmful for a Disclose to switch wanting NEP 2020 with a myopic imaginative and prescient and employ threats to retain political narratives.

Hon’ble PM @narendramodi ji’s govt. is fully dedicated to promote and popularise the eternal Tamil culture and language globally. I humbly appeal to no longer… pic.twitter.com/aw06cVCyAP

— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) February 21, 2025

He careworn out that the core goal of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is to carry global standards to training, and concurrently, it should be rooted in India. “It has to promote linguistic and cultural heritage from states fancy Tamil Nadu. The Authorities of India is conducting all of the entrance examinations in all principal 13 languages and one amongst them is Tamil also,” he became quoted as pronouncing by the recordsdata agency ANI.

The Union Education Minister careworn out extra that High Minister Modi’s authorities is dedicated to glorifying Tamil Nadu’s language and heritage. Dharmendra Pradhan added, “PM Modi announced India’s first Thiruvallur cultural centre in Singapore to promote Tamil solutions globally. Right here's our commitment. Since 1968, successive governments score applied a language system in the learning sector. By no longer enforcing NEP 2020, we're depriving students, lecturers and dad and mother of the worldwide different. Education mustn't be politicized. Even many non-BJP states are enforcing the NEP. They are taking all of the cooperation from the Centre.”

மாண்புமிகு பிரதமர் @narendramodi அவர்களே…#NEP2020-ஐ முழுமையாக நடைமுறைப்படுத்தி, மும்மொழிக் கொள்கையை ஏற்றால்தான் எங்கள் தமிழ்நாட்டு மாணவர்களுக்கான #SamagraShiksha நிதி ஒதுக்கப்படும் என்பது எவ்விதத்தில் நியாயம்?

தமிழ் மக்களின் உணர்வுகளுக்கு மதிப்பில்லையா?

இருவேறு… pic.twitter.com/k1pwb9T6dT

— M.Okay.Stalin (@mkstalin) February 20, 2025

This comes after Mr. Stalin’s appeal to High Minister Narendra Modi elegant a day earlier, the assign the Tamil Nadu leader objected to Dharmendra Pradhan’s warning that the narrate should adhere to the NEP’s three-language policy or be troubled losing central funds allocated for the learning sector.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin had written a letter to High Minister Narendra Modi regarding the beginning of ‘Samagra Shiksha’ funds for the narrate.

The letter mentioned Stalin’s considerations regarding Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s assertion the assign he mentioned that Tamil Nadu’s ‘Samagra Shiksha’ funds may presumably no longer be released until the narrate implements the ‘three language’ policy mentioned in NEP 2020. The incumbent Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led authorities has always attacked the Central authorities regarding the imposition of the Hindi language in the narrate and has mentioned that the Centre isn’t releasing funds to implement the NEP.

(With ANI Inputs)