If you are proud of Tamil, sign your name in Tamil, PM jabs Stalin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took a sharp dig at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin amid the ongoing language row, saying that although he receives several letters from Tamil Nadu leaders, none of them bear their signatures in Tamil. If they are truly proud of their language, he said, they should at least sign their names in Tamil.

"The government is constantly working to ensure that the Tamil language and Tamil heritage reach every corner of the world. Sometimes, I am surprised when I receive letters from some leaders of



Tamil Nadu -- none of them are signed in Tamil. If we are proud of Tamil, then I would request everyone to at least sign their name in Tamil," PM Modi said while addressing a rally in Tamil Nadu's Rameshwaram.

The MK Stalin-led DMK government and the Centre have been engaged in an intense war of words, as the state accused the BJP government at the Centre of trying to impose Hindi, with the latest flashpoint being the New Education Policy (NEP)'s three-language formula. The state argued that the measures threaten Tamil language and culture.