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The Tamil Nadu authorities volition impulse the Union authorities to swiftly implicit caste enumeration arsenic portion of the ongoing Population Census, Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar said successful his code to the Assembly connected Thursday (June 18, 2026).
“It is simply a cardinal argumentation of this authorities that existent societal justness lies successful each assemblage receiving owed representation. After the Union authorities completes the caste enumeration, the authorities of Tamil Nadu volition behaviour a Social Justice Survey,” helium said.
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Recalling the solution adopted by the Assembly successful 1968 nether the enactment of past Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai that “the three-language look indispensable beryllium removed and lone 2 languages, Tamil and English, should beryllium taught,” the Governor said the TVK authorities would proceed to adhere to the two-language policy, which has agelong been accepted by the radical of Tamil Nadu.
He besides urged the Union authorities to licence the usage of Tamil arsenic the connection of pleading successful the Madras High Court and its Madurai Bench, and to found a Bench of the Supreme Court successful Chennai.
Opposition to NEP
The Governor made it wide that the authorities would powerfully reason the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020.
He besides described arsenic unacceptable the Union government’s basal that the ₹3,458 crore owed to Tamil Nadu nether the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan would beryllium released lone if the three-language look envisaged nether the NEP was implemented.
“This is tantamount to imposing the three-language look connected Tamil Nadu. This authorities volition impulse the Union authorities to reconsider its basal linking the implementation of the three-language look with the allocation of funds and to instantly merchandise the funds owed to Tamil Nadu,” helium said.
Pointing retired that issues specified arsenic the NEET examination, the National Education Policy, and the three-language look had arisen due to the fact that acquisition is successful the Concurrent List of the Constitution, the Governor said the authorities would undertake each indispensable efforts to determination acquisition from the Concurrent List to the State List.
