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“I would like to remind the central government that the Dravidian movement has a long history of spearheading struggles against [the] imposition of Hindi... I sternly urge the Centre not to sow the seeds for the emergence of third generation, anti-Hindi imposition protests through... pushing India into becoming Hindia”

M.K. STALIN, DMK chief and leader of the Opposition in Tamil Nadu, issued a warning to the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a video message last week, describing the central government’s attempt to promote the use of Hindi in national institutions, from Parliament to Air India, as chauvinism that would “disturb the peace and damage the unity of this country”