Tamilnadu CM Staaalin has clarified that they will not print the word Dahi on the curd sachets. There will be an agitation if the officers force the printing of Dahi word on the curd packets he clarified.
The Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, Aavin, has informed the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) that it will not print the word ‘Dahi’, the Hindi equivalent for curd on its packets.
The FSSAI had proposed to drop the English term ‘curd’ and had wanted to include the term Dahi and had written to several cooperatives.
BJP State President K. Annamalai issued a statement requesting an immediate rollback of the notification for using the Hindi word dahi.
State-run cooperative milk societies must be allowed to use their regional language on the packets, he urged.Annamalai said the Centre under Prime Minister Narendra Modi had always promoted local slangs.
Minister S. M. Nasar said: “Imposition of Hindi is against the five cardinal principles of the DMK. We got a letter asking us to implement this order of Dahi word before August. But we said no. There is no place for Hindi here.
