Chennai: Asserting that true progress lay in innovation and not in linguistic imposition, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday said it was unnecessary to force any language as a third language in schools in the age of Artificial Intelligence.Tweet Of Tamil Nadu CM M K StalinContinuing his tirade on the Centre over the National Education Policy (NEP), he said in a post on the social media platform X "BJP leaders advocating Hindi insist, 'You must know Hindi to buy tea, pani puri, or use toilets in North India.'" But in the Age of AI, forcing any language as a third language in schools was unnecessary. "Advanced translation technology already removes language barriers instantly. Students should not be burdened with extra languages," the Chief Minister contended.Instead, students should focus on mastering their mother tongue and English while gaining expertise in science and technology. "If needed, they can learn any language later. True progress lies in innovation, not linguistic imposition. #Long Live Tamil #StopHindiImposition," Stalin, who is the president of the ruling DMK, said.Earlier, in a letter addressed to his DMK members, he said Tamil Nadu would not allow Hindi and Sanskrit to dominate Tamil. The DMK will always be in the front in the struggle to protect the state and also its language, Stalin said and reminded them that the anti-Hindi agitation made the then Governor of Madras Province withdraw the imposition of Hindi in 1939."Although we have won the first language battle, the war is still going on. This is not just a language imposition but an invasion intended on Tamil culture with a conspiracy to Sanskritise this land," Stalin said in the letter.Tweet Of BJP State Chief K AnnamalaiReacting, BJP state chief K Annamalai said Stalin has not realised that his attempts to divert the 'misgovernance' in the state to a non-existent Hindi imposition has not appealed to anyone in Tamil Nadu except a few 'paint-dabba-carrying folks.' Posting an old video of State Minister Duraimurugan saying one should be conversant in Hindi and English to speak in the Parliament, Annamalai said in a post on X "Thiru @mkstalin seemed to have missed this speech by his party's general secretary." "It is him pushing Hindi. The NEP advocates for a three-language policy, with any Indian language as the third language.... why have two different rules in the state? A private school student is provided the opportunity to learn a third language, why is it deprived to our government school students?" Annamalai asked.Later, addressing a public meeting in the city, Stalin asserted no amount of 'threats' will make Tamil Nadu accept the 3-language formula and criticised both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEP."Don't impose Hindi on us. We are content with our mother tongue Tamil and English for communication purposes. If required, not just Hindi, we will even learn Greek and Latin with the help of technology," he said.He questioned Pradhan, asking what provisions mandated accepting the trilingual policy to get central funds.Further, at the public meeting, Stalin also lashed out at the Centre over the Lok Sabha delimitation issue, saying, "it is an attempt to stop us." He said PM Modi had said while inaugurating the new Parliament building in New Delhi that the number of LS seats in the country will go up. Union Home Minister Amit Shah had earlier said delimitation will be taken up after the 2024 LS polls, Stalin said.They (Shah, BJP) were now giving "general" statements that Tamil Nadu won't suffer from reduction in LS seats post-delimitation, he said but wondered if the same would be given in writing."All we ask is, should the states that implemented population control in the interest of the country suffer. Why are you not saying the (LS seats) won't go up for other states in proportion to their population... why is PM Modi not giving an assurance like former PMs (Jawaharlal) Nehru and (A B Vajpayee)," Stalin asked."Honourable Prime Minister. Give us a written undertaking that the delimitation will not be done on the basis of current population and that TN will get representation based on the 1971 population and that it won't be affected," he said and also appealed to the BJP's state unit to support the government in this issue.He also expressed joy over main opposition AIADMK attending the March 5 all-party meeting on delimitation issue. (Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by FPJ's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)