Crores for Sanskrit, crocodile tears for Tamil: CM MK Stalin

The ruling DMK and Tamil scholars have long maintained that Tamil is being given a raw deal

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE

Sharpening his attack on the Modi Government on the language issue, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and ruling DMK president MK Stalin on Tuesday said the largesse for Sanskrit and the pittance for Tamil and other south Indian languages in financial allocation exposed the BJP's deep-rooted bias.

"Sanskrit gets the crores; Tamil and other South Indian languages get nothing but crocodile tears. While all the money is for Sanskrit, it is a deceptive show of love for Tamil," the Chief Minister wrote on 'X', citing a media report on the huge funding for Sanskrit while the allocation for Tamil as well as other southern tongues and Odia, which are classical languages, is insignificant.