M K Stalin (Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu) has condemned the Central Board of Secondary Education's (CBSE) newly announced three-language formula, asserting it is a covert strategy to impose Hindi in non-Hindi speaking regions. Stalin, who also leads the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party, argues that this initiative, aligned with the National Education Policy 2020, is not a genuine academic reform but a calculated effort to prioritize Hindi while marginalizing India's diverse linguistic heritage. He criticized the lack of reciprocity, questioning why students in Hindi-speaking states are not required to learn languages like Tamil or Telugu. Stalin emphasized that the Union government's failure to make Tamil mandatory in central schools and to provide adequate Tamil teachers demonstrates hypocrisy in their language promotion efforts. He raised concerns about the lack of qualified teachers and funding for this initiative, calling it an ill-conceived policy that risks widening regional disparities in education and employment. Stalin concluded that such policies threaten India's pluralistic foundation and will be met with strong opposition.