Notification recognising Bangla as second language soon:govt

Ranchi, Dec 20 (UNI) The Jharkhand government will issue a notification to recognise Bangla as the second language of the state.

Deputy Chief Minister Stephen Marandi while replying to a question of BJP's C P Singh, said in principle state government had already recognised the language, but the notification in this regard was yet to be issued.

Raising the issue Mr Singh said about 42 per cent of total population speak Bangla in the state, but it was not given the status of the second language till now.

Mr Marandi said the state cabinet had given its nod but the matter was languishing due to certain technicalities, adding it would be sorted out only after getting the 2001 census report.

Meanwhile, the Opposition BJP demanded to provide the status of second language to all the languages spoken in the state as mentioned in the eighth schedule of the Constitution.

Earlier, the matter of establishing minority commission, WAQF board and minority finance commission was also raised by Sukhdeo Bhagat (Congress).

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