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The Committee of Parliament on Official Languages recommended that the medium of instruction in all technical, non-technical educational institutions including central universities should mandatorily be #Hindi & local languages🧵👇
In addition, the committee also recommended that compulsory English language question papers in recruitment examinations be removed.
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Three states from south India - Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Telangana - protested against the plan.
TN CM #MKStalin said that if the recommendations were implemented, then there could be massive protests like the ones the state saw in 1965.
#HindiImposition | However, the Union govt has remained silent on these protests and seems to be going ahead with the recommendations.
By @PoojaPrasanna4
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