A resolution was passed in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly today (August 10), emphasizing that the Tamil Thai Vazhthu should be sung first at all government functions held in Tamil Nadu.
Welcoming this, Naam Tamilar Katchi leader Seeman has issued a statement.

In that statement, "I wholeheartedly welcome the resolution passed in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. A land that has embraced a language is defined as a nation, and a people united on the basis of language is defined as a nationality.
The art, literature, culture, history, worship, way of life, and politics of a community are all born from language. That is why we revere language as our mother. Language itself stands as everything to a community—its face, address, and identity.
In Tamil Nadu, the historical homeland of the Tamils, giving primacy to Tamil is the moral duty of the rulers who govern Tamil land. In that sense, they should take the lead in ensuring that the Tamil Thai Vazhthu is sung first in the Tamil homeland.
That would be an expression of respect for the sovereignty of the Tamil nation and the self-respect of Tamils. Likewise, in the homeland of every national community, the song that honors that community’s mother tongue should be given first place.

India’s diversity is celebrated as unity in diversity precisely because different nationalities with different languages, cultures, and ways of life live together within one country. Even though it has greater diversity than European countries, the world is amazed to see various language-based nationalities united and living together within this one nation. Protecting the self-determination and distinct identity of such nationalities is what best serves the unity of the Indian Union. Conversely, the BJP government ruling the Union must realize that if it tries to deny the rights of nationalities and impose a single language and dominance, it will lead to serious consequences.
The BJP government, which rules the Union by standardizing everything into one nation, one people, one law, one election, one exam, one tax, one army chief, and one market, is making a mockery of itself by forcing the national anthem into two versions. The move to forcibly impose the religiously loaded song “Vande Mataram” and push aside the song that celebrates the language of the nationalities is deserving of strong condemnation.

He has stated, "As a result of the unanimous view among Tamils that the Tamil Thai Vazhthu should be sung as the primary song in Tamil Nadu, I extend my greetings and gratitude to the ruling TVK government that passed the resolution in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly insisting that Tamil Thai Vazhthu be sung first, to the Honorable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Vijay, and to the MLAs of all parties who supported and stood by the resolution."
