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Language politics should not hinder students' interests: Tamil Nadu BJP

State BJP President L Murugan also asked them not to shut the doors for the students of other states from learning Tamil

illustration: binay sinha
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"The NEP does not make it mandatory to learn Hindi or Sanskrit. Now that a conducive environment has been created under the new policy, children will be keen on learning more languages," Murugan said. Illustration: binay sinha

Press Trust of India Chennai
The Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP on Tuesday appealed to political parties opposed to the three-language formula suggested in the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 not to allow politics to come in the way of students' interests.

State BJP President L Murugan also asked them not to shut the doors for the students of other states from learning Tamil.

Maintaining that the political parties in the state are making false claims about Sanskrit or Hindi imposition under the NEP, Murugan said Tamil Nadu's rejection of the three-language formula might discourage the students of other states from learning Tamil as

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