In a video message, Stalin said, “Today, Tamil Nadu is confronting two critical challenges – the battle for language, which is our lifeline, and the fight against delimitation, which is our right. I earnestly urge you to convey the true essence of our battle to the people.”
Constituency delimitation affects the state’s self-respect, social justice and welfare schemes for the people, he said. Stalin urged the people to defend their state, saying, “Constituency delimitation directly impacts our state’s self-respect, social justice, and welfare schemes for the people. You should take this message to people. Every individual must rise to defend our state…”
He claimed that other states such as Karnataka, Punjab, and Telangana were raising their voices of solidarity against the central government. “Faced with this resistance, the Union Government insists that it is not imposing its will upon us, yet all their actions suggest otherwise,” Stalin added.
The Chief Minister criticised
the three-language policy, claiming that it resulted in the central government withholding state funds.
“Their three-language policy has already resulted in the withholding of our rightful funds. Likewise, while they claim they will not reduce Tamil Nadu’s parliamentary seats, they are unwilling to assure that the representation of other states will not be disproportionately increased. Our demand is clear – do not determine parliamentary constituencies based on population alone,” he added.
Stalin stressed that Tamil Nadu would resist and prevail against any attempts to compromise its welfare and future. “We will never compromise on Tamil Nadu’s welfare and future for anyone or anything…Tamil Nadu will resist! Tamil Nadu will prevail!…,” he concluded.
Earlier, Stalin strongly opposed the three-language policy, adding that the push for a ‘monolithic Hindi identity’ is what ‘killed’ the ‘ancient mother tongues’.
On X, he wrote, “Ever wondered how many Indian languages Hindi has swallowed? Bhojpuri, Maithili, Awadhi, Braj, Bundeli, Garhwali, Kumaoni, Magahi, Marwari, Malvi, Chhattisgarhi, Santhali, Angika, Ho, Kharia, Khortha, Kurmali, Kurukh, Mundari and many more are now gasping for survival.
“The push for a monolithic Hindi identity is what kills ancient mother tongues. UP and Bihar were never just ‘Hindi heartlands.’ Their real languages are now relics of the past. Tamil Nadu resists because we know where this ends,” he added.
