Stalin’s anti-Hindi stand gets troll treatment with ‘Yappa Yappa Stalin Appa’
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It’s not often that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin is trolled. But, it’s definitely the first time that any chief minister has been trolled for their stand against “Hindi imposition”.
But something is brewing in Tamil Nadu. Stalin is being roasted on social media like never before. The BJP is, of course, enjoying this new turn of events, though some might think it is the one doing this trolling.
State BJP president K Annamalai gleefully shared a 180-second parody video that takes potshots at Stalin and his extended DMK family for their alleged hypocrisy on the three-language policy enshrined in the NEP.
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Opposition lawmakers walked out over the description, which Pradhan withdrew later, as Lok Sabha was temporarily adjourned. Opposition parties returned to the House on Monday to corner the government over duplication of voter ID numbers, the New Education Policy (NEP), and the possible redrawing of Lok Sabha seats.
Rajya Sabha lawmaker Vaiko said Pradhan wounded their hearts while asking him to apologise. “…otherwise, the PM [Prime Minister Narendra Modi] should throw him [Pradhan] out of the cabinet.” Trinamool Congress lawmaker Kalyan Banerjee backed the demand.
DMK lawmaker Kanimozhi asked the central government to release Tamil Nadu’s withheld funds while echoing Vaiko’s demand, asking Pradhan to apologise.
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Lok Sabha Speaker ordered removal of an objectionable word Pradhan used. Pradhan subsequently withdrew the comments and said he should not have made them.
Pradhan’s criticism of DMK on Monday during the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha when a party lawmaker asked whether it was right to use funds for schools as a tool for revenge against a state government triggered protests. He accused the DMK of doublespeak and said the state had reneged on its decision to implement the centrally sponsored PM SHRI scheme for government schools.
Pradhan called DMK dishonest and accused it of ruining the future of Tamil Nadu students. “Their only job is to raise language concerns. They are not doing justice. They are undemocratic.”
Pradhan and Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin have sparred over the Union government’s decision to hold back ₹2,152 crore of funding under the Samagra Shiksha scheme to the state over the state’s refusal to implement NEP.
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Have been in journalism covering national politics for 23 years. Have covered six consecutive Lok Sabha elections and assembly polls in almost all the states. Currently writes on ruling BJP. Always loves to understand what’s cooking in the national politics (And ventures into the act only in kitchen at home).
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Lalmani is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express, and is based in New Delhi. He covers politics of the Hindi Heartland, tracking BJP, Samajwadi Party, BSP, RLD and other parties based in UP, Bihar and Uttarakhand. Covered the Lok Sabha elections of 2014, 2019 and 2024; Assembly polls of 2012, 2017 and 2022 in UP along with government affairs in UP and Uttarakhand.
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