Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday called upon the Tamil Nadu government to keep politics away from the implementation of the three-language policy under the National Education Policy (NEP). The Centre allocates substantial funds to Tamil Nadu every year for education, including the mid-day meal scheme and other programmes," he said. The minister explained that Tamil Nadu's Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi and DMK MP Kanimozhi had approached him over the release of funds. In Tamil Nadu schools, languages such as Telugu, Urdu, and Malayalam are already taught. At an IIT-Madras event, the Minister also shared his wish to learn Tamil, calling it a vibrant and historic language.