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Guru utsav : "Attempt to impose Sanskrit"
Source: The Sangai Express / Press Trust of India

Chennai, September 01 2014: Two of BJP's Tamil Nadu allies Monday opposed naming Teachers' Day as 'Guru utsav', with PMK terming it as a discreet attempt to impose Sanskrit.

Leaders of PMK and MDMK, S Ramadoss and Vaiko, demanded that the Centre immediately withdraw the order to rename Teachers' Day as 'Guru utsav' .

While welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to interact with students on September 5, coinciding with Teachers' Day, Ramadoss however opposed the day being called as 'Guru utsav' .

HRD Minister Smriti Irani

"It is not proper for the central Government to have changed the name to Guru utsav.

This is a discreet attempt to impose Sanskrit, which is not acceptable," Ramadoss, who besides Vaiko had opposed the Sanskrit Week celebrations in CBSE schools recently, said in a statement.

Vaiko also welcomed Modi's initiative to interact with students, but said it was "strongly condemnable" that the Union HRD minister had renamed Teachers' Day as 'Guru utsav' .

"The Central Government should realise that national integration will be strengthened only if the identities of various languages and cultures are promoted," he said.

DMK chief M Karunanidhi had already opposed the move, alleging that it was a conspiracy to downgrade Tamil language and society.

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