Asserting that there was no room for Hindi in Tamil Nadu at any point of time, Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin on Sunday said no more lives would be lost in the State over language struggles, stressing that Tamil Nadu cherished its language as its very life.In a social media post on the occasion of Language Martyrs’ Day, after paying rich tributes to those who sacrificed their lives opposing the imposition of Hindi and protecting Tamil, Stalin categorically declared that there was no space for Hindi — then, now or ever.
“There was no space for Hindi in the past, nor is there now or ever,” he said, reiterating the State’s long-standing position against what it views as linguistic imposition. Assuring that the era of loss of lives over language struggles was over, the Chief Minister said the Tamil sentiment would never fade and called upon people to continue opposing any attempt to impose Hindi.
Pointing out that Tamil Nadu was the only State in the country that had loved its language enough to give up lives for it, Stalin recalled how the State had repeatedly united across generations to resist Hindi imposition. He said Tamil Nadu had opposed such attempts with full vigour on every occasion and had consistently safeguarded the rights and identity of all language families in the Indian subcontinent.