'Blatant Discrimination': TN CM Stalin Writes To Amit Shah, Condemns Hindi Proficiency Part In CRPF Recruitment Test

Stalin pointed out that this decision will prevent aspirants from taking the examination and added the notification was against their Constitutional right.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin

Source : PTI

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has written a letter addressing Union Home Minister Amit Shah, expressing his concerns over the exclusion of the Tamil language in the computer-based recruitment test for the CRPF. He stated that the notification mandating the use of only English and Hindi language is "discriminatory" and "unilateral."

Stalin pointed out that this decision will prevent aspirants from taking the examination and added the notification was against their Constitutional right.

The notification by @crpfindia to conduct its CBT only in English & Hindi amounts to blatant discrimination & denies equality of opportunity to non-hindi speaking states.

I urge Hon @AmitShah to immediately revise the notification to include Tamil and other state languages. pic.twitter.com/wVxURL9emz

— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) April 9, 2023

As per a statement from the state government, of the 9,212 vacancies in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), 579 had to be filled from Tamil Nadu, and the exam for the same is scheduled to take place in 12 centers.

In his letter, Stalin stated, "CRPF has announced that out of 9,212 vacancies 579 vacancies would be filled in Tamil Nadu. But whoever has applied for this exam from Tamil Nadu can't write this exam in their own mother tongue. Out of 100 total marks 25 marks allocated for basic Hindi understanding which would benefit only Hindi speakers. This is totally against the goodwill of Tamil Nadu applicants. This is arbitrary and discrimination."

“To put it simply, this CRPF notification is against the interests of those applying from Tamil Nadu. This is not only unilateral but amounts to being disrcriminatory,” the release quoted the CM as telling Shah.

This will amount to prevent aspirants from taking up a government job, Stalin said.

Stalin sought the immediate intervention of Shah to enable non-Hindi speaking youngsters to take up the test by allowing regional languages, including Tamil in the exam process.