Original sentence: According to him, the reason that Tamil was not declared Classical language for so long was political.Hart, who occupies the Chair in Tamil Studies at the University of California, Berkeley and scholar in Sanskrit and Tamil.However, several members of the academia had voiced a case for classical status to Tamil, notably Professor George L.Ironically it is the politics of DMK that helped in correcting the historical prejudice.While the experts consulted by the government refused to endorse Tamil's case, the Sahitya Akademi of India, a literary body, felt that political reasons are the the underpinnings for the demand of classical tag and recommended against awarding the tag to any language
Edited sentence: The government, however, went ahead and awarded Tamil the status disregarding expert opinion and thereby fulfilling the promise it had made to its political ally in the Common Minimum Program that had been agreed upon at the time of the formation of the UPA government.While the experts consulted by the government refused to endorse Tamil's case, the Sahitya Akademi of India, a literary body, recommended against awarding the tag to any language