இந்தி தெரியாது என்று சொன்னதால், 'நீங்கள் இந்தியரா?' என்று விமானநிலைய பாதுகாப்பு அதிகாரி ஒருவர் @KanimozhiDMK வை பார்த்துக் கேட்டுள்ளார்....

DMK president M.K. Stalin condemned an incident at Chennai airport where a central security officer questioned DMK Member of Parliament Kanimozhi Karunanidhi's national identity simply because she stated that she did not know Hindi. Stalin termed the encounter an outrageous manifestation of chauvinism that exposes the dangerous ideological climate cultivated by right-wing forces attempting to equate knowledge of Hindi with Indian citizenship.

Stalin questioned whether India is a pluralistic federal republic of diverse linguistic nationalities or merely an authoritarian state centered on linguistic hegemony. He asserted that India's strength lies in its multilingual fabric and rich cultural heritage, where Tamil and other ancient languages possess equal constitutional dignity. Equating patriotic citizenship with proficiency in a single north Indian tongue constitutes an insult to hundreds of millions of non-Hindi speaking citizens who contribute immensely to the nation's progress.

Warning that forces attempting to bury India's pluralism will ultimately be defeated by democratic resistance, Stalin demanded strict accountability from central administrative agencies. He affirmed that Tamil Nadu will never tolerate linguistic chauvinism or allow any citizen's identity to be demeaned by intolerant central functionaries.