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.
She asked functionaries of union, town panchayat and city branches to conduct meetings in order to disseminate the advantages of the two language policy adopted by Tamil Nadu.
Given the DMK’s decades-long opposition to Hindi imposition, the reports quickly drew sharp reactions from political parties and sections of party supporters.