Pawan Kalyan Criticizes Tamil Nadu’s Anti-Hindi Stance Amid Dubbed Films 

Pawan Kalyan Criticizes Tamil Nadu’s Anti-Hindi Stance Amid Dubbed Films 

On March 14, 2025, Pawan Kalyan, a Congressman under the Janasena Party chair, Deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, blamed politicians of Tamil Nadu for opposing the imposition of Hindi while allowing the dubbing of their movies into Hindi for the sake of money: What sense does it make to oppose the Hindi language when the same audience, who makes money from Hindi films, are also on the other side enjoying Hindi entertainment?

Kalyan’s comments were made during the celebrations for the 12th foundation day of Janasena-party held at Pithapuram in Kakinada. He argued about the importance of the linguistic diversity within India and that the country needs many languages like Tamil to uphold national integrity and unite its people.

This criticism falls right in line with the controversy indeed raging over the National Education Policy (NEP) and its three-language formula, much opposed in Tamil Nadu. M.K. Stalin, the Chief Minister, has alleged that the Union government is trying to enforce Hindi through the NEP, saying and calling it a “saffronized policy”, a policy for promotion of Hindi, and not for Ithe development of India. He further stated that this policy goes to destroy Tamil Nadu’s education system, and he has refused to implement the three-language formula as a form of protest.

In counter response to Kalyan, Vice President Vikram Randhawa of the BJP threw in his support, saying Hindi is the national language and must be made to fit in with South India better. He reiterated Kalyan’s views, remarking it rather inconsistent to oppose Hindi while profiting from making Hindi versions of their films.

Yet the BJP, on the other hand, chastises its rival, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), because while they train Hindi in their private schools, they bring a hammer down to resist its inclusion in government schools. Thus the party shows its own intolerance for DMK.

This discourse highlights the struggle of language politics in India, where to some extent, considerations of linguistic pride and cultural identity mesh with economic interests and national policy directives. It strongly prompts reactions from different political entities, thus showing the challenges of reconciling regional assertions with national unity.

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