The All India Students' Federation staged a protest in Chennai against the National Education Policy and the UGC draft regulations.
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00:00Well, the AISF, that's the All India Student Federation, have gathered here in Chennai,
00:05Saidapet, to protest against the National Education Policy.
00:09As you can see, that's the poster here that says, we oppose the UGC draft regulations.
00:14Now, remember, the National Education Policy advocates for a three-language policy,
00:19where a third language is offered as an optional language.
00:23Now, the state government says that even though the union government says
00:26that the third language being Hindi will only be optional,
00:29but when it actually gets implemented, it will become a state of Hindi imposition,
00:35because we fear that no other language will actually be offered as an optional third language,
00:39but for Hindi, is what they are saying.
00:42And thereby, they are saying that, come what may,
00:44we will not be implementing the National Education Policy,
00:47and subsequently, the three-language policy that comes along with it,
00:51is what the state government is saying.
00:53And supporting that, we have the student federation over here,
00:56who are staging a huge protest here.
01:27The motive is to understand why is dumping to the Tamil Nadu, Hindi.
01:33We have our own language. My mother tongue is Tamil.
01:36One of the long years more, we are speaking English and a grammatical language.
01:41Why is suddenly come down to put the Hindi, learn Hindi?
01:45So, this is what we are going to do.
01:47You are going to protest against that?
01:49Protest against.
01:50So, why do you think that this is Hindi imposition?
01:53That is, the union government says that Hindi will be an optional language.
01:56Why do you think that this is imposition?
01:58Hindi is not a national language.
01:59First of all, that Modi has to understand.
02:02Hindi is not a national language.
02:05Different state, different languages, different...
02:11Imposition.
02:12Imposition.
02:13That time, we did not agree to learn Hindi.
02:17Hindi, we are not going to take the...
02:19You will not accept Hindi?
02:20Accept Hindi, yes.
02:21Okay, thank you.
02:22Thank you, madam.
02:23Well, we had the All India Student Federation by saying here that Hindi is not the national language,
02:28but only merely an official language.
02:30And come what may, Tamilians in Tamil Nadu will stick to Tamil and English for communication purposes.
02:36We will not be taking on Hindi as a language for communication is what they are saying.
02:41But remember, Tamilians are also saying that we are not against any language.
02:45Those who want to learn the language can go outside and learn.
02:49There is the Hindi Prachar Sabha and several other outlets.
02:52For those who are really interested and who wish to learn the language, the Hindi language,
02:56you are free to do so.
02:57But it's just that we will not be implementing that as, you know, in our educational curriculum
03:02is what Tamil Nadu government and subsequently echoing the government's voice,
03:07we have the All India Student Federation who are here protesting against the central government.
03:12With camera person Danny and Agakesh, reporting for India Today from Chennai.
03:19For more information visit www.india.gov.uk