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National award-winning director Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s politically-charged speech likening the National Education Policy (NEP) to the Aryan tradition that denied equal education to all has triggered a controversy. The director made the comment in reference to the BJP-led Union government’s refusal to disburse the Rs 2,000 crore fund for the Tamil Nadu Education Department entitled under the PM Schools for Rising India scheme.

Speaking at the ‘Kalviyil Sirantha Tamil Nadu’ event organised by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led Tamil Nadu government, the Super Deluxe fame director praised Chief Minister MK Stalin's efforts to promote literacy in the state by introducing the free breakfast scheme and other welfare programmes.

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