Stalin warned that the policy could widen inequalities between states by giving Hindi-speaking students a structural advantage in higher education and employment. He stressed that the issue was not merely about language, but about federalism, fairness, and equal opportunity.
At a time when students need to be equipped with skills in emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, animation, visual effects, gaming, and comics, Stalin argued that imposing additional language burdens would hinder their progress. He further accused the Centre of ignoring legitimate and democratic concerns raised by states, calling the move “an affront to cooperative federalism and a direct insult to the linguistic identity of millions of Indians”.
