Tamil Nadu Minister criticises Sanskrit bias, plans textbook revisions
Tamil Nadu's School Education Minister, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, has accused the central government of giving Sanskrit special treatment over other Indian classical languages.
He said, "Despite India having five other classical languages, only Sanskrit is being given undue prominence. There is a continuous bias."
He also announced that school textbooks in the state will be revamped.
Funding gap has sparked frustration in Tamil Nadu
The Centre reportedly spent ₹2,532 crore on promoting Sanskrit from 2014 to 2025—about 17 times more than what was spent on Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Odia combined.
This funding gap has sparked frustration in Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu's move to update textbooks
Tamil Nadu is updating textbooks to reflect local concerns and taking legal steps against the Centre for withholding education funds.
CM Stalin backs minister's stance
Chief Minister MK Stalin backed Poyyamozhi's stance with a sharp tweet: "Sanskrit gets the crores; Tamil and other South Indian languages get nothing but crocodile tears," calling out what he sees as unfair language policies.