New Delhi:
Tamil Nadu should engage the Centre on its demand for the retention of its two-language policy and not air its views on media, the Supreme Court said today while hearing a case an allocation of land for new Central schools that will follow the three-language policy.
“Don’t make it into a language issue. We are a federal society. You are part of the Republic. If you come one step forward, they (the Centre) will also come one step forward… the ‘My-State-My-State’ attitude must be avoided,” said Justice BV Nagarathna, who was part of the two-judge bench hearing the matter.
Her response came as senior advocate P Wilson, appearing for the state, had reiterated Tamil Nadu’s objections, saying the proposed Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas follow a three-language formula, whereas the state has a statutory two-language policy.
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