Tamil Nadu's growth severely affected during ten years of BJP rule at the Centre: MK Stalin

MK Stalin

As the war of words over the implementation of three-language formula escalates between Tamil Nadu government and the Centre, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Tuesday at an event in Tiruvallur said the state's development trajectory has been severely affected during the last ten years of BJP-led government at the Centre.

The chief minister went on to add that Tamil Nadu has been at the forefront of implementing various social welfare schemes. He highlighted that the people chose the DMK government in a concerted attempt to carry forward the Dravidian model of governance.

"You all think, in the last three years, how our state has developed. Think before that how our state was. Tamil Nadu's development was affected for 10 years by the government, and it was under Delhi's feet. Without accepting this, Tamil Nadu elected the DMK-led alliance Dravidian Model of government in the 2021 elections. Tamil Nadu has been a front runner in implementing various schemes. So, only other states are following our schemes in their states..." remarked Stalin.

This dispute ( is part of an ongoing clash between the BJP-led central government and the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government, which began after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan urged the state to implement the three-language formula. This disagreement highlights the long-standing opposition of Tamil Nadu to the imposition of Hindi, which has been a central point of tension since the 1960s.

The three-language formula is a policy aimed at encouraging students in India to learn three languages: their mother tongue, Hindi, and English. Introduced in the 1968 National Policy on Education, this policy has been widely debated, and Tamil Nadu has not adopted it, continuing to follow its two-language policy of Tamil and English.

The state has a long history of resisting the imposition of Hindi. After the Indian Constitution came into effect in 1950, Tamil Nadu, along with other non-Hindi-speaking states, strongly opposed the Union government’s attempts to make Hindi the sole official language.