DMK’s Jai Hindi [India]:
The presence of M Karunanidhi’s grand-nephew and the DMK’s most high profile face in Delhi, Dayanidhi Maran, at the book release of the Hindi translations of the works of Tamil poet Vairamuthu was surprising considering that the DMK first came to prominence on an anti-Hindi agitation. Maran’s explanation was that his party was not against Hindi per se but only against its imposition on the South. But an older generation of the party which had participated in violent street battles against the three-language formula was less tolerant. Only four of the 12 central ministers from Tamil Nadu showed up for the function.Curiously, just recently Maran himself had suggested that a Hindi translator should be present at Cabinet meetings. [...]
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