Tamil Nadu government was firm in its stand supporting the two-language formula and would oppose any scheme that would affect the people of the State, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami said in his Independence Day speech in Chennai on Thursday.
After hoisting the national tricolour in the historic Fort St. George, the seat of power of the State government, Mr. Palaniswami said: “I assert that the State government would oppose any scheme that affected the people of the State and would be a frontrunner in protecting people’s interests.”
Elaborating on Tamil Nadu government’s position against Hindi, Mr. Palaniswami recalled in 1968, under then Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai, Tamil Nadu government had passed a resolution in the Assembly to remove Hindi and allow only two language policy with Tamil and English.
In 1986 too, under Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran, Tamil Nadu government passed a resolution in support of the two-language formula. During her tenure, then Chief Minister Jayalalithaa too had the State was firm against imposing Hindi on non-Hindi speaking States and that it would continue to fight against such attempts, Mr. Palaniswami pointed out.