Over the last few days Tamil Actor Suriya has faced flak from both the Bharatiya Janta Party & the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu over his comments on the controversial Draft Educational Policy. The actor is now however drawing support from his peers.
Superstar Rajinikanth backed the actor at the launch of a music festival. India Today reports that the actor said the following in his defence of his colleague,
Suriya’s statement will echo in the Prime Minister’s Office. I second what Suriya said about the National Education Policy. Suriya has been witnessing the hardships faced by students and has experience of working closely with them through his Agaram Foundation. People say Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hear when I speak. But this time his views on the subject will be heard by the prime minister
The new Education Policy created massive uproar last month after it proposed the controversial three language policy. A policy that could make Hindi Compulsory across India drawing widespread criticism from Southern states especially Tamil Nadu, later forcing the centre to clarify.
Previously Suriya faced massive flak for saying that the Government’s latest policy will not help those from the rural background as the draft education policy didn’t focus on quality education, three language policy & also criticised the fact that anganwadis with less than 10 students can be shut down.
The actor runs an NGO called as Agaram Foundation, a trust that reportedly helps underprivileged students.
அனைவரின் பேரன்புக்கும், பேராதரவுக்கும் நெஞ்சார்ந்த நன்றி!!🙏🏽 #NEP #AgaramFoundation @agaramvision #தேசியகல்விகொள்கை #NationalEducationPolicy pic.twitter.com/IpBaZYx9tH
— Suriya Sivakumar (@Suriya_offl) July 20, 2019
After Actor turned politician Kamal Haasan had also previously backed Suriya
அன்புத் தம்பி @Suriya_offl அவர்களுக்கு எனது ஆதரவு கண்டிப்பாக உண்டு. pic.twitter.com/8chbBdQ3hM
— Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) July 16, 2019
However both BJP & AIADMK slammed the actor over his comments. The actor was accused of being ignorant and has been accused of instigating people against the policy.