A resolution has been unanimously passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly, mandating that the state song ‘Tamil Thai Vazthu’ be sung first at the beginning of government events.
Vijay said that the Tamil anthem must hold top priority in the state and that his government will not compromise on the state’s linguistic rights.
Speaker JCD Prabhakar announced that the resolution has been passed and that its implementation needs no further permission. In an emotive speech in Assembly today, Vijay asserted that his government will not compromise on the state’s linguistic and cultural rights. This is being seen as Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay’s challenge to the centre’s directive to play the national song, Vande Mataram, first in the sequence of the opening anthems. Both DMK and AIADMK supported the resolution. “Tamil means pride, Tamil means power. The moment you say ‘Tamil’, the entire Tamil Nadu will come together and stand as one. Tamil Thai Vazthu must hold the first place in Tamil Nadu. The resolution mandates that the state song must be sung first at the beginning of events at educational institutions, universities, government offices, and public sector undertakings in Tamil Nadu.
Vijay, who had moved the resolution, said that the Tamil anthem must hold top priority in the state. “Tamil is not only a language but also our lifeline and emotions,” he stressed, underlining that the mother tongue is as pure as motherhood. Giving the first place to Tamil Thai Vazthu is our right,” he said.
