Mani in his PIL, said, all the state governments except Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal have adopted and implemented the Central Government’s most important national education policy, the Tri-Language Curriculum Policy.The plea added that the Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal have continuously opposed the Central Government’s NEP and stated that they cannot accept it.”The NEP is a major education policy plan brought by the Central Government with the aim of improving the quality of school education for students from all walks of life. All Indian languages should be taught free of cost to school children belonging to the poor, scheduled, tribes, backward, and the most backward classes children,” said, Mani in his PIL filed before the top court.The state governments of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal were refusing to accept this noble plan for political reasons, citing the false reason of imposing Hindi. The Central Government’s laws, plans and policies are applicable to all state governments. It is the duty of the state government to implement such a policy. This is a fundamental duty and right given in the Constitution, he said in his PIL.”Free education is a fundamental right given by the Constitution. The petition states that by refusing to accept this plan, the state government is denying the fundamental right of free education to the school children concerned,” Mani stated in his PIL.Therefore, he urged the Supreme Court to intervene in this matter and issue an order to these three state governments to immediately implement the Central Government’s National Education Policy, the Trilingual Curriculum.
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