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Resolving border tension, Inner Line Permit and inclusion of Khasi language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution are long pending aspirations of the people of Meghalaya, HANM president Lamphrang Kharbani said.
Social commentator Dhanabir Laishram has called against agreeing to the step taken by parliamentary official language committee chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to impose Hindi in NE states.
Former director of JN Dance Academy, Dilip Mayengbam said that the decision of the central government to impose Hindi language in schools as a compulsory subject in North Eastern states shows that they don’t understand nor value the sentiments of the people of the region.
IFP Editorial: Now, is the time for pushing the demand for making Manipuri a classical language of India. Despite being the lingua franca of the state, it is spoken in Manipuri populated areas in Bangladesh, Myanmar and other Northeastern states like Assam and Tripura.
NEFIS stated that the attempt by the Union Government to impose Hindi compulsory till Class X gives undue importance to Hindi vis-à-vis other languages recognised by the eighth schedule of the Constitution of India or other languages of non-Hindi speaking regions in India.
MEELAL stated that the Manipur government should make Manipuri language an official language of the state under the Manipur Official Language Act 1979 amended on March 4, 2021.
IFP Editorial: Twenty-nine years have gone by since Manipuri Language was included in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution and yet the language is still to reveal its full potential and rich culture.
The Manipuri Youth Front of Assam held a meeting on Sunday and decided to intensify the campaign for inclusion of Manipuri as an associate official language of Assam.
