On Thursday, the Union Cabinet approved giving the status of classical language to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali languages. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Ashwini Vaishnaw, Information and Broadcasting Minister said, ‘This is a historical decision and this decision goes very well with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the NDA government’s philosophy of taking ride in our culture, taking pride in our heritage and taking pride in all the Indian languages and the rich heritage that we have’.
The government said, ‘The classical languages serve as a custodian of Bharat’s profound and ancient cultural heritage, embodying the essence of each community’s historical and cultural milestone’. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar hailed the Centre’s decision to confer classical language tag on Marathi and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
‘This is a golden letter day. On behalf of the 12 crore people of Maharashtra, I thank PM Modi for this decision’, said Fadnavis. Fadnavis said, ‘When I was Maharashtra CM, the state government led by us had taken up the issue of according the classical language status to Marathi with the Centre’. He further added, ‘The present government, led by Eknath Shinde, also continued efforts in the direction’.
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