Chief Minister M.K. Stalin accuses the BJP government of neglecting Hindi-speaking states and imposing Hindi on non-Hindi states.

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Mr. Stalin said people of “Hindi-speaking States underwent untold miseries” during the pandemic as they could not get “transport facilities to return to their hometowns.” “We had shed tears for them. They walked hundreds of kilometres. Some of them were even crushed by trains. If something is more dangerous than the Corona (virus), it is the BJP government. Now the government is trying to divert people’s attention by consecrating the Ram temple,” he said.

Recalling a viral video in which a Hindi-speaking boy demanded “education over temple”, the Chief Minister said the BJP government was particular that “people should not gain awareness”. “The people of north India are no longer ready to believe the politics of the BJP. It cannot win in northern States in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls,” Mr. Stalin said.

  • मुक्तMEnglish
    -3•4 months ago

    Any political statement that begins with “x-language speaking states” is racist trash, and must be treated as such.

    • velox_vulnusMEnglish
      1•4 months ago

      Race isn’t the same as ethno-linguistic identity. One has significance to culture and history. The other is merely a social construct.

        • velox_vulnusMEnglish
          1•4 months ago

          They do, but not in the context of Indian history. Putting aside western colonialism, between two or more ethnic groups in India, is there a concept of race?