DMK President MK Stalin demands to hold the General Departmental Competitive Exams (GDCE) in Tamil as well as in all regional languages besides Hindi and English.
The Railway Board had given instructions to all Zonal railways in a letter dated August 21 that the General Departmental Competitive Exams for railway employees should be conducted only in Hindi and English.
Stalin expresses his anger and accuses centre for continuously imposing Hindi on different states. He further said that the Railway Board should conduct the exam in all regional languages and if the Board refuses to withdraw its decision then he will again organise anti-Hindi protest.
Earlier also he opposes and protested  the centre's decision of conducting the postal exam only in Hindi and English due to which the exam was later withdrew by the centre.
Meanwhile, National Federation of Indian Railwaymen general secretary M Raghavaiah asked the Railway Board to reconsider its decision and conduct the exam in a similar way as Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) does that is in all regional languages.
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