Chennai, June 12 (UNI) Accusing the Centre and its institutions of imposing  Hindi down our throats, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin on Monday demanded the immediate withdrawal of a circular issued by the New India Assurance and an apology from its Chairperson Neerja Kapur.

In a lengthy tweet, Mr Stalin said while each and every citizen of India is contributing to its development, the Union Government and its institutions continue to give an undue and unfair advantage to Hindi, over other Indian languages in every possible way.

"Also, they are intent on spending their valuable resources on imposing Hindi down our throats, rather than for public welfare", he charged, while stating that the latest in this list was the unjust circular issued by the New India Assurance and its Chairperson Neerja Kapur needs to apologise for the disrespect shown towards non-Hindi speakers of India and its non-Hindi speaking employees.

"Latest in this list is the unjust circular issued by @NewIndAssurance. It must be withdrawn with immediate effect and its Chairperson Neerja Kapur needs to apologise for the disrespect shown towards non-Hindi speakers of India and non-Hindi speaking employees of @NewIndAssurance", Mr Stalin added.

Asserting that Tamil Nadu and the ruling DMK will do everything under its power to stop imposition of Hindi as we have always strived in our history, Mr Stalin said: "Gone are the days of non-Hindi speaking citizens of India tolerating the second class treatment meted out to them, despite their contribution in propelling India's growth with their hard work and talent."

"Tamil Nadu and DMK will do everything under our power to #StopHindiImposition, as we have always strived in our history", he said.

"We will remove the undeserving special status that Hindi enjoys everywhere in the Union Government, like Railways, Postal Department, Banking and Parliament that affects us and our people on a day-to-day basis", Mr Stalin said.

"We pay our taxes, contribute to the progress and believe in our rich heritage and this nation’s diversity. Our languages deserve to be treated equally", he added.

"We will resist any attempt to replace Tamil with Hindi in our land", the Chief Minister said.