DMK and Centre dispute over education policy and possibility of MP seat reduction, amid claims of language conflict.
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00:00Moving south, it's now the state of Tamil Nadu that has turned into a big political
00:05battleground.
00:06The ruling DMK and the central government are now locking horns.
00:10Tamil Nadu government's opposition to the national education policy has turned into
00:14a fierce political battle between the ruling party, that is the DMK, and the central government.
00:20Upping its ante against the central government, MK Stalin went on to accuse the BJP-led central
00:25government of trying to wage another language war in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
00:31He expressed that the proposal that is now coming in with regards to making sure that
00:37the number of seats are increased, Tamil Nadu chief minister went on to claim that it will
00:41stifle Tamil Nadu and the voice of whole of southern India.
00:45Stalin also called for an all-party meeting on the 5th of March, warning that the states
00:49could lose close to 8 MPs when the delimitation based on population will actually come into
00:55The BJP has hit back, accusing Stalin of spreading imaginary fear among the people of the state
01:00and also trying to shift the focus from language to now making sure that he speaks about the
01:06number of MPs that will be reduced.
01:08The BJP says all this is just false propaganda.
01:24It can be other Indian languages.
01:27There is no imposition of any Hindi or any language on them.
01:31Some friends in Tamil Nadu are doing politics, but certainly, the government of India is
01:35committed to implement NEP, and there are certain conditions with NEP.
01:55Family planning program, as per the union government's order, was strictly followed
02:15in states like Tamil Nadu and other southern states, but in the northern states, they have
02:21not followed.
02:22If the delimitation is based on population, our population will be less in India.
02:32So that will affect the number of constituencies in the state.
02:35Already we have lost two constituencies.
02:37Earlier we had 41.
02:39In 1971 delimitation, we had lost two constituencies.
02:44Now we may have to lose more constituencies, then our representation will be less in the
02:49parliament.
02:51The chief minister wants to distract the people's attention from some real issues which
02:56are facing the state, just like how they're talking about Hindi imposition, which is nowhere
03:01there.
03:02The delimitation process has been going on from 1952, when the Congress was in power.
03:07The process of census is very important, it has to be taken to make sure that we are able
03:11to understand the composition of the people, so reservation can be brought about.
03:16So is the chief minister against reservation?
03:19Can we take it that way?
03:21Yes.