Earlier in the day, the deputy chief minister visited Nagore and inaugurated the EM Nagore Hanifa Centenary Park near the Silladi Dargah for public use.
He said attempts to promote Hindi in the name of employment were aimed at making it easier to dominate people, impose a particular culture and narrate history through one language.
Given the DMK’s decades-long opposition to Hindi imposition, the reports quickly drew sharp reactions from political parties and sections of party supporters.
