HYDERABAD: Union Minister and BJP state president G Kishan Reddy on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the DMK and Congress, accusing them of indulging in politically motivated propaganda against the Narendra Modi-led Union government.
Addressing a press meet here, Kishan claimed that the DMK and Congress were deliberately misleading the public about issues such as the National Education Policy and delimitation of parliamentary seats to divert attention from their failures and growing public dissatisfaction.
Kishan alleged that for the past two months, the DMK and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin have been falsely accusing the Modi government of conspiring against South India. He claimed that the DMK was facing severe anti-incumbency due to widespread corruption, increased taxes, electricity tariff hikes and failure to implement promised welfare schemes.
“To cover up these failures, Stalin and the DMK are resorting to political drama,” Kishan charged.
The Union minister insisted that the Modi government had never imposed Hindi on any state. He pointed out that the three-language policy has existed since the British era and was reinforced by the Kothari Commission under a Congress-led government in 1968. “DMK leaders know this very well,” he said.
The BJP state president added that the new policy promotes local languages and is not aimed at enforcing Hindi. He pointed out that the concept of the three-language policy originated from C Rajagopalachari’s ideas and was reinforced under Congress governments.
Kishan also insisted that the Modi government neither discussed nor initiated any move toward delimitation. He stated that the DMK and Congress should stop spreading falsehoods and, if they are serious about the issue, hold an all-party meeting.