The Union Cupboard’s choice on Thursday to grant classical language standing to Marathi, a requirement pending since 2013, has set off a political credit score warfare within the State forward of the Meeting election due this 12 months.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to X to state that “Marathi is India’s satisfaction” and “this honour acknowledges the wealthy cultural contribution of Marathi in our nation’s historical past”, political events spared no time in highlighting their efforts in guaranteeing that the language was accorded this standing.
Welcoming the transfer, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde stated on X: “Lastly, Marathi language has been given the standing of classical language. This battle has been profitable. Maharashtra authorities had repeatedly adopted up with the Centre for this.”
Labored tirelessly: CM
The Shiv Sena chief stated the social gathering’s founder, Balasaheb Thackeray, all the time held Marathi in excessive regard and that “his dream has lastly been realised”. He stated for years the demand had remained unmet and since assuming workplace as Chief Minister, he labored tirelessly to show “this dream into actuality”.
Mr. Shinde’s deputy and BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis described the choice as a “golden second and a historic day”. He stated he had been pursuing this demand even throughout his earlier stint as Chief Minister. Mr. Fadnavis held a gathering with Marathi literary figures and artists on Friday and thanked them for his or her help.
Being notified as a classical language will imply facilitation and funding for educating Marathi in universities throughout the nation. The transfer can be anticipated to generate employment alternatives within the tutorial and analysis fields, and help for Marathi libraries. Moreover, the preservation, documentation, and digitisation of historic Marathi texts will generate jobs in archiving, translation, publishing, and digital media. It should additionally result in the organising of analysis centres within the State and the nation, and allow works in Marathi to win nationwide and worldwide awards. Implementation of the choice is anticipated in two years.
Nonetheless, senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh was fast to level out that the proposal to accord classical language standing to Marathi was despatched to the Centre by social gathering chief Prithviraj Chavan in July 2014 when he was the Chief Minister. The social gathering stated the Centre has now lastly acted on it within the face of an “imminent defeat” within the upcoming election.
Mr. Ramesh stated it was essential to contemplate the sequence of occasions earlier than the Union Cupboard’s choice. In a publish on X, he stated on Might 5, 2024, the social gathering reminded the Prime Minister in regards to the Pathare Committee report submitted to the Centre by Mr. Chavan in 2014, stressing the necessity for in accordance classical language standing to Marathi. On Might 12, the social gathering drew consideration to the Centre’s “lengthy silence” on this demand regardless of efforts made to spotlight it by Maharashtra leaders inside and outdoors Parliament, he stated.
On Might 13, the Congress publicly pledged to accord classical language standing to Marathi as a part of the INDIA bloc’s marketing campaign for the Lok Sabha ballot. Moreover, on July 9, the social gathering flagged the Centre’s “suspicious try to revisit the factors for in accordance classical language standing and its potential impression on Marathi’s demand”, the Congress chief stated.
Cong. questions delay
On September 26, when the Prime Minister was scheduled to go to Pune, the social gathering once more reminded him of this long-pending demand. Then, on October 3, forward of “imminent defeat” within the Meeting election, the Prime Minister lastly acted, awakening from his “lengthy slumber”, Mr. Ramesh stated. This raises the query: “Itni deri kyon Pradhan Mantriji? (Why the delay, Prime Minister?)”, he stated.
The NCP (SP) and the Shiv Sena (UBT), the Congress’s companions within the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance within the State, additionally highlighted their efforts in the direction of realising this demand. NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar stated everybody had labored in the direction of this demand and expressed displeasure on the choice being taken “just a little late”.
“This choice has been taken just a little late however what’s essential is that it has been taken and could have many advantages for the promotion and improvement of Marathi,” he instructed reporters in Pune on Friday.
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut stated it was the BJP’s “outdated behavior” to take credit score for every little thing, however “all governments within the State had labored for this”.
In the meantime, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray additionally claimed credit score for the choice, stating that his social gathering had put forth the demand within the improvement plan for Maharashtra ready in September 2014. “Every so often, we adopted up on this. After a protracted wait of virtually 12 years, this standing was achieved. It’s a second of pleasure for me and for my social gathering,” he stated in a publish on Fb.
The MNS chief additionally stated he had taken up the demand with Mr. Modi in Might this 12 months whereas declaring his social gathering’s help for him as NDA’s PM candidate for the Lok Sabha election. “Many because of Narendra Modi and all the Union Cupboard,” he stated.
Revealed – October 05, 2024 01:42 am IST