The three-language plan in the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP), unveiled recently by the Centre, has been firmly rejected by the Tamil Nadu government.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami, in a statement issued on Monday, has opposed the plan, saying, โ€œSuch a move would offend sentiments in Tamil Nadu.โ€

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โ€œThe three-language formula is saddening and painful. The Prime Minister should reconsider it and let the states handle it according to their policies,โ€ the statement added.

โ€œTamil Nadu has implemented the two-language policy for decades and we will continue to do so,โ€ the statement added.

โ€œI request the Prime Minister to listen to the sentiments of people of Tamil Nadu,โ€ the statement further read.

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The Tamil Nadu governmentโ€™s stance comes in the wake of stiff resistance to the plan by opposition parties.

DMK party leader MK Stalin has been vociferous against the plan, which is seen as a ploy to introduce Sanskrit and Hindi languages into the state where Dravidian movements hold sway.

Due to the anti-Hindi and anti-Sanskrit sentiments involved, the issue has the potential to emerge as a poll plank in the next Assembly election against the ruling AIADMK and its ally the BJP.