Maharashtra News: Before the assembly elections in Maharashtra, the central government has banned Marathi language. "classical language" Has been given the status of. This decision of the Central Government is being seen as an attempt to unite the Marathi vote bank. Along with Marathi, a total of five languages including Bengali and Assamese were given the status of classical languages. With this the total number of classical languages in the country has increased to 11.
After Marathi language got the status of a classical language, the leaders welcomed the decision of the Central Government, but at the same time it is being claimed from the side and the opposition that the initiative to give the status of classical language to Marathi was theirs first. Was done by. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis welcomed the decision of the Central Government and said, "For almost a decade there was a demand that Marathi should be given the status of a classical language."
He said, "When he was the Chief Minister of the state, he had taken the initiative to give Marathi the status of a classical language. Also Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was also striving for this, hence he appealed to the Prime Minister on behalf of the 12 crore people of Maharashtra for this decision of the Central Government Thanks to Narendra Modi."
What did Congress say?
On the other hand, Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole expressed happiness over the decision of the Central Government and said, "Former Congress Chief Minister Late Vilasrao Deshmukh was the first to put forth the matter before the Center that Marathi language should get the status of a classical language. After that, former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan took this work forward by constituting a committee under the chairmanship of senior litterateur Professor Ranganath Pathare. Today, after many years, our efforts have been successful."
After the decision of the Central Government, such tweets from the opposition and opposition leaders clearly show that the leaders are in a race to take credit. Let us tell you that there is a possibility of assembly elections in the state at the end of the year. Before this, the state government and the central government are making every possible effort to get the public in their favor.