Bhairava
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It is, actually. It was primarily a party of secessionists.
They were also one of the main opponents to the 15 year deadline ( as agreed while framing the constitution ) of making Hindi the official language of communication.
It was not. You are confusing DMK with Periyar's DK party. As I said Jinnah prodded Periyar to demand a separate Dravidastan and even Periyar was receptive of it..but it never found favor with the common people and hence the idea died its natural death.
Regarding the anti-Hindi agaitations it was a separate issue and from my perspective it was justified. There was no reason why one language -- out of the 100 odd languages in India should have been afforded a special status. If India can be secular while 85% of the population was Hindu at that time..why should a language that was hardly spoken by 30% of the population with a antive tongue must be given a national language status..