Does Centre accept Maharashtra’s stand Hindi not must?: Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin

CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Monday demanded to know if the BJP govt at the Centre accepted the Maharashtra govt's stand that Hindi will not be compulsory.
Stalin's question came after Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis made a U-turn by announcing that Hindi is not mandatory in the state.
Taking to X, Stalin said, "Facing a massive backlash for imposing Hindi as the third language, Devendra Fadnavis now claims that only Marathi is compulsory in the state. This is a clear manifestation of his trepidation over the widespread public condemnation against the imposition of Hindi on non-Hindi speaking states."
Citing the change in stand by Fadnavis, Stalin asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, "Does Union govt officially endorse his position that no language other than Marathi is compulsory in Maharashtra as the third language under the National Education Policy (NEP)? If so, will the Union govt issue a clear directive to all states affirming that the NEP does not require the compulsory teaching of a third language?"
Recalling the pending dues for state govt under the Samagra Shiksha scheme (SSA), Stalin asked, "Will Union govt release the 2,152 crore it unjustly withheld for Tamil Nadu on the premise that the state must subscribe to the teaching of a mandatory third language?"