Coming down on the CBSE circular asking affiliated schools to celebrate ‘Sanskrit week’ on an experimental basis, Bharatiya Janata Party ally MDMK on Thursday charged the party with trying to ‘impose’
the language on students and demanded withdrawal of the circular.
In a statement here, MDMK general secretary Vaiko said the CBSE circular was an ‘assault’ on Indian pluralism. ‘It is grievous that the Centre is trying to impose Sanskrit through the CBSE,’ he alleged.
The CBSE directive had hailed Sanskrit as the ‘mother’ of all languages and this was a conspiracy to ‘plant poisonous seeds’ in the hearts of students who belong to diverse backgrounds, including language and culture, Vaiko alleged.