Language row: Annamalai slams Vijay, accuses him of hypocrisy

Annamalai said Vijay's children learn three languages at CBSE schools, despite his advocacy for a two-language policy.

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00:00It's the language imposition claim, a language war that's definitely turning worrisome.

00:05It's between the leaders in Tamil Nadu and it's between the centre and the state.

00:10Annamalai is now slamming Vijay of the TVK, who was celebrating the first anniversary of the party as well.

00:16Annamalai's bro-wi-li-dig at Vijay, BJP chief of Tamil Nadu, is now charging at the new political outfit leader.

00:27Vijay's kid learnt three languages.

00:30Asking then why two languages for the kids of the DMK workers?

00:35So he's making it personal now.

00:37Here's what Annamalai has said and let's listen to what Vijay also and other leaders are saying on this language issue now.

00:44Annamalai speaking in Tamil

01:15What bro? It's very wrong bro.

01:27Mr. Vijay advised as what bro? Why are you doing this bro?

01:32In his get out campaign, the very first signatory Mr. Prashant Kishore said I am not signing.

01:37So there only Prashant Kishore has said get out and he walked out.

01:42So that is the success of their get out campaign on day one.

01:45First minute in their campaign headquarters.

01:48My colleague Anagha is joining me for the latest on that.

01:52Anagha tell me this at this point, where do you think this is heading?

01:56This doesn't look like a BJP-DMK war of words but among the leaders in Tamil Nadu itself.

02:05Well Pooja it was Vijay in it who took up the language issue.

02:09In fact in his speech he also used a lot of meme references.

02:13That is where what bro? This is very wrong bro came from.

02:16That was in fact a meme reference thereby also appealing to a much younger audience.

02:21By looking at that whole speech in that area one could really see the kind of whole pitch that Vijay is putting forward.

02:28The first statement that he made was that he opposes Hindi imposition in Tamil Nadu.

02:34And that if NEP is implemented it would be against the whole principle of federalism.

02:40Annamalai also hit out at Vijay for his statement that said that Centre and Tamil Nadu were hand in glove with each other.

02:48While pretending to fight over social media.

02:51So it was to this statement that Annamalai hit out at Vijay by saying that he is only merely lying.

02:56And before he preaches he should be practices what he advises.

03:01He says that Vijay's kids can go to a CBSE school and when they can learn three languages.

03:06Why should the children of TVK's party workers alone learn two languages?

03:11You know isn't this hypocrisy is what Annamalai says.

03:14You know thereby just hitting out at each other taking personal taunts.

03:17Being you know making a mockery out of the whole system.

03:20All the leaders cutting across party lines are taking swipes at each other.

03:25Alright so Anagha will be tracking the latest coming in on this.

03:29Because this remembers become not only a language issue.

03:32But clearly right now getting personal as well as much.

03:35Thank you very much Anagha on that.