👉🏾 "When you are accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression." I am reminded of this famous quote when some entitled bigots brand us...
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin defended Tamil Nadu's patriotism, asserting that demanding linguistic equality is a constitutional right rather than chauvinism or treason.
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👉🏾 "When you are accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression." I am reminded of this famous quote when some entitled bigots brand us chauvinists and anti-nationals for the 'crime' of demanding Tamil’s rightful place in Tamil Nadu.
👉🏾 The very people who glorify Godse’s ideology have the audacity to question the patriotism of DMK and its government that contributed the highest amount of funds during the Chinese Aggression, Bangladesh Liberation War, and Kargil War, while their ideological forefather is the one who assassinated 'Bapu' Gandhi.
👉🏾 Demanding #LinguisticEquality is not chauvinism. Do you want to know what Chauvinism looks like? Chauvinism is naming the three criminal laws that govern 140 crore citizens in a language that Tamils cannot even pronounce or comprehend by reading. Chauvinism is treating the state that contributes the most to the nation as second-class citizens and denying its fair share for refusing to swallow the poison called #NEP.
👉🏾Imposition of anything breeds enmity. Enmity threatens unity. Hence, the true chauvinists and anti-nationals are the Hindi zealots who believe their entitlement is natural but our resistance is treason.
#StopHindiImposition #தமிழ்_வாழ்க! #LetterToBrethren
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin published an extensive communication to party workers, sharply refuting allegations that branding Tamil Nadu's demand for language equality constitutes chauvinism or anti-national sentiment. Citing the aphorism that equality feels like oppression to those accustomed to privilege, Stalin condemned right-wing commentators who glorify Nathuram Godse's ideology while daring to question the patriotism of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
The Chief Minister recalled that the DMK administration contributed record financial donations to the national treasury during pivotal defense crises, including the 1962 Chinese aggression, the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, and the 1999 Kargil War. He contrasted this demonstrable patriotism with the ideological lineage of right-wing extremists who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi. Stalin asserted that genuine chauvinism manifests when the Union government titles three fundamental criminal codes exclusively in Sanskrit-derived Hindi, preventing non-Hindi citizens from pronouncing or understanding the statutes governing their lives.
Stalin declared that denying educational resources to high-performing states that reject the National Education Policy represents administrative hostility. He affirmed that linguistic zealots who enforce uniform cultural codes are the true threats to national unity. The DMK administration will consistently uphold secular and constitutional values.