Chennai: president on Friday slammed the for 'trying to impose Hindi' in . He said the is the state's core principle and warned not to "play with it".




Reacting to reported Hindi words on a state highway signboard in Thoothukudi district, Stalin said in a post on X: "Until now, Tamil Nadu was only facing the Union government's . Now, the state government itself is doing that job." He added this was another attempt by the TVK government to 'test the waters' and then take a U-turn after the Opposition holds them accountable.




Minister Aadhav Arjuna echoed Stalin's sentiment and said: "Two officials responsible for this lapse were suspended yesterday. The specific signboard installed in three languages was replaced immediately, and a new signboard written in two languages (English and Tamil) has been installed."