 "NDA ally PMK accuses Centre of trying to impose Hindi through radio")
Chennai: PMK, a partner of NDA from Tamil Nadu, on Friday accused the Union government of trying to “impose Hindi” through local radio broadcast and asked the Centre to give up the proposed initiative. “The Centre has planned to impose Hindi through local broadcast by regional radio stations in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the name of commercial broadcast,” PMK founder leader Dr S Ramadoss, alleged, in a statement here. [caption id=“attachment_1771393” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  PMK leader S Ramadoss. PTI[/caption] Claiming that the duration of such broadcast in Hindi had been fixed for four hours a day, effective 26 October, he said, local stations have been asked to re-broadcast Hindi content. “Though All India Radio officials say that the move is to cut cost and increase revenue from advertisement, the true intention is to propagate Hindi in all the states,” he said. PTI
PMK, a partner of NDA from Tamil Nadu, on Friday accused the Union government of trying to “impose Hindi” through local radio broadcast and asked the Centre to give up the proposed initiative.
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