Mumbai:
In a strong response to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday that before seeking clarification from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he needs a deep understanding of the National Education Policy (NEP).
He further asked Chief Minister MK Stalin to study what is actually by attaching the NEP required links.
“Before seeking clarification from Honorable PM Narendra Modi, you need a deep understanding of National Education Policy. First you need to study what NEP is really! There is a link to your referee- https://education.gov.in/national-ducation- Policy,” D Fadnavis written on X.
Mr. Stalin,
Before seeking clarification from Honorable PM Narendra Modi, you need a deep understanding of National Education Policy.
First you need to study what NEP is really!
Here is a link to your refer – https://t.co/bxshh6g5bw#NEP Never insisted or compulsion … https://t.co/frhzqvysil– Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_fadnavis) 22 April, 2025
He further stated that the NEP never insisted or made an option of compulsory language, but only asks to study any two Indian languages other than English.
“As far as Maharashtra is concerned, we are open for any language of Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Sanskrit or student, which they want to study as a third language. The main question is why you are not open to multi-lingualism and if someone wants to study in Hindi, there is a problem.”
D Fadnvis was responding to MK Stalin’s post on X uploaded X on Monday, in which he said: “Facing a large-scale backlash to speak Hindi as a third language, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has now claimed that there is a clear manifestation for only non-dimstation in the state.
He further said that PM Modi and Union Education Minister should clarify. “The Union Government officially supports its situation whether any language other than Marathi is not compulsory as a third language under the National Education Policy in Maharashtra? If this is the case, will the central government issue a clear instruction for all states that NEP does not require a third language compulsory teaching? Teaching of a third language?”
D Fadnavis reacted a few hours after Maharashtra’s Education Minister Dadaji Bhusa appeared a few hours after the controversies, which said that Hindi will not be made a compulsory third language from class 1 to 5 in English and Marathi schools for now, but it would be optional.
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