New Delhi, 21: “Marathi Language qualifies all parameters as required for
accordance of classical status, and the Union Government will accord the classical
Language Status to Marathi sooner, expressed the State Language Minister,
Subhash Desai. He was in the Capital to
meet the Union Culture Minister, G. Kishan Reddy.
The Minister met Union Minister G Kishan Reddy
in Delhi at Transport Bhawan, with a demand to grant classical language status
to Marathi. Principal Secretary for
Marathi Language, Bhushan Gagrani, Eminent Marathi writer and Director,
Shrirang Godbole and other Senior officers were present.
Shri Desai urged
the Union Minister to accord classical status to Marathi in the wake of
‘Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din’ which is celebrated on February 27th
every year. This day is celebrated in the honour and birth anniversary of
eminent veteran Litterateur, Shri Vi.Va. Shirwadkar. Shri Desai deliberated on
the issue and urged the Union Minister to accord Classical Status to Marathi
Language, as it complies and fulfils all the required parameters and criteria
for any language to be accorded a Classical Language status. During this
meeting, the State Minister also invited Shri Reddy to Mumbai and announce the
same on February 27th. Adding further, he said that, this
announcement will infuse happiness across the state having 13 crore population.
The Union Minister
assured that the process is under active consideration and a positive decision
in this regards will be announced sooner. Shri Desai underlined that the State
Government is pursuing for this issue since 2013. The Literature Academy and
the linguistic expert committee accepted that it is appropriate to bestow
Marathi Language with the classical language status, he added further.
The Union Minister assured
that a positive decision in this matter will be taken by the Prime Minister,
Shri Narendra Modi and Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah. Adding further, he said
that the Union Government is very positive to grant Classical Status to
Marathi.
After
this meeting, Shri Desai held a meeting with all the representatives of the
Marathi Mandals located in Delhi and NCR region and various eminent Marathi personalities
putting up in Delhi. As short film on ‘Shantata ! Marathiche Court Suru Aahe’
was presented during this time. The
Minister sought various suggestions from them to expedite this proposal.
Immediately after, Shri Desai addressed a press
conference and informed the media persons about the deliberations held during
the meeting. He informed that so far only six languages have been bestowed with
this status officially – Sanskrit, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Odiya
based on various parameters. He further added that, a high-level Committee of
language experts was appointed under Shri Rangnath Pathare, a senior Marathi
litterateur. He added, ‘Marathi is not
only an ancient language but also the state language, used by litterateurs,
intellectuals, by people of common masses and ranks among the major languages
in the world, added the Minister.
The move came a day after Maharashtra the Chief
Minister, Shri Uddhav Thackeray dispatched a second set of postcards to
President Ramnath Kovind seeking classical language status for Marathi under
the JanAbhiyan drive initiated in the State. A total of 1,20,000 postcards have
been sent to the President so far.
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Engnews/A.K.Arora
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