Distribution of medicine in covers with Hindi words printed kicks up a row
A controversy erupted in Tamil Nadu after medicine covers printed with Hindi text were distributed at a government hospital, violating the state's two-language policy. The hospital dean has ordered an immediate halt to the use of these covers.
Why it matters
The incident underscores the sensitive nature of language politics in Tamil Nadu and the friction between state-level policies and central-level administrative practices.
Distribution of medicine in covers printed with Hindi letters to patients at Government Medical College Hospital in Karur has triggered a controversy.
The covers, which are being distributed to the patients, bear drug consumption details in Tamil, English and Hindi languages, in contravention of the two-language policy of Tamil and English of the State government. The covers contain details on when and how to consume medicines.
A few patients, upon noticing the Hindi letters on the covers, have been circulating them on various social media platforms.
DMK leader and former Minister for Industries, who is also the DMK IT wing secretary, T.R.B. Raaja, on his X platform posted photos of the brown medicine covers distributed in Karur Government Medical College and slammed the TVK government for violating the two-language policy of the State.
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