M.K. Stalin. File
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin on Wednesday (February 26, 2025), in a social media post, endorsed incidents of Hindi letters being blackened at various places, including railways stations, across the State.
Responding to questions raised by BJP leaders on how people from North India would locate places if their Hindi names were blackened, Mr. Stalin said: “Let them learn it the same way Tamils learn when they visit States in northern India.”
Mr. Stalin’s remarks came close on the heels of his open letter to political parties on Tuesday (February 25, 2025), in which he contended that Tamil Nadu was preparing to wage another war for language.
Incidents of letters in Hindi being blackened had been reported in various parts of Tamil Nadu for the past week, as the war of words between the BJP-led Union government and DMK-led the Tamil Nadu government intensified over claims of Hindi imposition.
Published – February 26, 2025 02:44 pm IST
