Finally, AP CM Nara Chandrababu Naidu has written a letter to the Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa requesting her to be more proactive to safeguard the existence of Telugu language and culture in Tamil Nadu.
In his letter, Chandrababu urged Jayalalithaa to increase Telugu syllabus in the curriculum and to set goals to the state’s education department to protect the cultural and ethnic Telugu races living in Tamil Nadu for centuries.
Remembering Jayalalithaa about the AP government’s measures in making the mother tongue of minorities as the first medium of instruction state schools, Chandrababu also requested the Tamil Nadu CM to lend her government’s support to the development of Telugus living in Tamil Nadu.
Chandrababu stated that atleast 60 schools with Tamil as primary language of instruction exist in Andhra Pradesh. Finally, Chandrababu’s requested Jayalalithaa to reconsider her government’s decision of replacing Telugu with Tamil as the main medium of instruction in Telugu schools in Tamil Nadu.
The AP CM further told Jayalalithaa that her positive response will be lauded by Telugu all around the world.