shocking incident in the Maharashtra Assembly wherein Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi was physically assaulted by MNS MLAs for taking his oath as member of the House in Hindi has attracted strong condemnation from across the country.Few months ago, the HRD Minister Kapil Sibal had urged the boards to ensure fluency of three languages among students. He said the knowledge of Hindi would aid in national...
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Article 343 of theConstitution and the Official Languages Act say that the official language ofthe Union will be Hindi. However, the attempt to adopt Hindi as the officiallanguage was strongly opposed by several non-Hindi speaking states, especiallyTamil Nadu, which erupted in violent protests leading to a compromise inallowing the use of English also for official purposes. Thus, the Constitutionand...
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Highlighting the hypocrisy of the Raj Thackray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Abu Asim Azmi on Tuesday accused the MNS of having resorted to the Hindi language while seeking votes during elections.On Monday, Azmi was manhandled by MNS legislators for taking oath of office in Hindi in the State Assembly.“The very same MNS people who are spreading hatred, resort to Hindi...
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Highlighting the hypocrisy of the Raj Thackray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Abu Asim Azmi on Tuesday accused the MNS of having resorted to the Hindi language while seeking votes during elections.On Monday, Azmi was manhandled by MNS legislators for taking oath of office in Hindi in the State Assembly."The very same MNS people who are spreading hatred, resort to Hindi...
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Highlighting the hypocrisy of the Raj Thackray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Abu Asim Azmi on Tuesday accused the MNS of having resorted to the Hindi language while seeking votes during elections.On Monday, Azmi was manhandled by MNS legislators for taking oath of office in Hindi in the State Assembly."The very same MNS people who are spreading hatred, resort to Hindi...
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Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has said that there is no controversy in Maharashtra over the use of Marathi and Hindi languages.Speaking to reporters, Ashok Chavan said, "Hindi has same importance as Marathi, I don't think there is any controversy. Hindi is our national language and Marathi is a language of Maharashtra.""Respect should be given to both Marathi and our national language, and I don't think...
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Age Correspondent
Mumbai
Oct. 31: Even before the Maharashtra legislative Assembly’s first session begins, a political debate has started between the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and its rival Samajwadi Party with the SP MLA Abu Asim Azmi demanding the House agenda in Hindi.
The SP leader has demanded that he should be given the House agenda in Hindi...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has said there is no controversy in the state over the use of Marathi and Hindi languages.Addressing reporters here on Wednesday, Chavan said both Marathi and Hindi have equal importance, and therefore, respect should be paid to them."Hindi has same importance as Marathi, I don't think there is any controversy. Hindi is our national language and Marathi is a...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has said there is no controversy in the state over the use of Marathi and Hindi languages.Addressing reporters here on Wednesday, Chavan said both Marathi and Hindi have equal importance, and therefore, respect should be paid to them."Hindi has same importance as Marathi, I don't think there is any controversy. Hindi is our national language and Marathi is a...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has said there is no controversy in the state over the use of Marathi and Hindi languages.Addressing reporters here on Wednesday, Chavan said both Marathi and Hindi have equal importance, and therefore, respect should be paid to them."Hindi has same importance as Marathi, I don''t think there is any controversy. Hindi is our national language and Marathi is a...
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