Alleging that there was an attempt to impose Sanskrit with the support of the ruling party at the Centre, DMK President Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi on Jun 13 said that there was no place for that language in Tamil Nadu threatened to launch an anti-Sanskrit protest on the lines of the anti-Hindi agitation.
Addressing a gathering at the marriage of the daughter of former Minister Poongothai Aladi Aruna Selvi Samantha with Selvan Kiran, Kalaignar initially said he would not be able to attend the marriage function and finally participated in the function despite the condition of his health with the feeling that it was the wedding in his family and the wedding of his granddaughter as much as she was late Aladi Aruna’s .
“While I was thinking of improving the conduct of self-respect marriages, we should also be aware that a few attempts affecting our language policy are going on in the country. There is a question if Sanskrit will invade Tamil Nadu again. The people should not forget that there were lunatics who said that they would include Sanskrit as academic language. Only chaste Tamil should dominate our life and state, but there are people who are thinking of making Sanskrit compulsory in schools”.
Citing a derogatory reference on Sanskrit by Tamil scholar Somasundara Bharathiar, Kalaignar said those who want to impose Sanskrit should stop their moves. If they refused to do so, an agitation against Sanskrit similar to the anti-Hindi agitations will take place in Tamil Nadu, he warned.
He said those who sought to impose Sanskrit should stop the “atrocity” immediately.
He warned that there would be an anti-Hindi like agitation -the likes of which kept popping up every so often in Tamil Nadu till protesters broke out into full-scale riots in January 1965 -in the State against the move.
Kalaignar said if anyone advocated Sanskrit, every Tamil should take a whip and be ready for eradicating the language. “We will not allow domination of Sanskrit not only in Tamil Nadu, but in any State. We will chase it away,” he warned.
He recalled the antiquity of Tamil and how it was the dominant language during the reign of the ancient Tamil kingdoms. He also alleged that there were efforts to give a prominent place for Sanskrit in Tamil Nadu and people should take the whip against the dominance of Sanskrit.
“Tamils should vow to drive away Sanskrit, who ever imposed it. There is no place for Sanskrit in Tamil Nadu”, he asserted.
“Otherwise, there will be protest against the imposition of Sanskrit as it happened in the case Hindi. No one should be responsible for such a situation,” he said.
DMK General Secretary Prof K. Anbazhgan, Treasurer Thalapathi M.K. Stalin, principal secretary K. Duraimurugan and TNCC president E.V.K.S. Elangovan, former Union Minister T.R.Baalu, Kanimozhi MP, Rajya Sabha members TKS Elangovan and R.S.Bharathi, former legislator Peter Alphonse and others attended the marriage function.
Addressing a gathering at the marriage of the daughter of former Minister Poongothai Aladi Aruna Selvi Samantha with Selvan Kiran, Kalaignar initially said he would not be able to attend the marriage function and finally participated in the function despite the condition of his health with the feeling that it was the wedding in his family and the wedding of his granddaughter as much as she was late Aladi Aruna’s .
“While I was thinking of improving the conduct of self-respect marriages, we should also be aware that a few attempts affecting our language policy are going on in the country. There is a question if Sanskrit will invade Tamil Nadu again. The people should not forget that there were lunatics who said that they would include Sanskrit as academic language. Only chaste Tamil should dominate our life and state, but there are people who are thinking of making Sanskrit compulsory in schools”.
Citing a derogatory reference on Sanskrit by Tamil scholar Somasundara Bharathiar, Kalaignar said those who want to impose Sanskrit should stop their moves. If they refused to do so, an agitation against Sanskrit similar to the anti-Hindi agitations will take place in Tamil Nadu, he warned.
He said those who sought to impose Sanskrit should stop the “atrocity” immediately.
He warned that there would be an anti-Hindi like agitation -the likes of which kept popping up every so often in Tamil Nadu till protesters broke out into full-scale riots in January 1965 -in the State against the move.
Kalaignar said if anyone advocated Sanskrit, every Tamil should take a whip and be ready for eradicating the language. “We will not allow domination of Sanskrit not only in Tamil Nadu, but in any State. We will chase it away,” he warned.
He recalled the antiquity of Tamil and how it was the dominant language during the reign of the ancient Tamil kingdoms. He also alleged that there were efforts to give a prominent place for Sanskrit in Tamil Nadu and people should take the whip against the dominance of Sanskrit.
“Tamils should vow to drive away Sanskrit, who ever imposed it. There is no place for Sanskrit in Tamil Nadu”, he asserted.
“Otherwise, there will be protest against the imposition of Sanskrit as it happened in the case Hindi. No one should be responsible for such a situation,” he said.
DMK General Secretary Prof K. Anbazhgan, Treasurer Thalapathi M.K. Stalin, principal secretary K. Duraimurugan and TNCC president E.V.K.S. Elangovan, former Union Minister T.R.Baalu, Kanimozhi MP, Rajya Sabha members TKS Elangovan and R.S.Bharathi, former legislator Peter Alphonse and others attended the marriage function.
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