Language Row: Bhojpuri & Magahi Removed As Regional Languages From Dhanbad, Bokaro Districts

Protestors want to include the languages in JSSC examinations

A massive protest emerged in parts of Jharkhand against the inclusion of Bhojpuri and Magahi in the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) examinations in district level appointments of Bokaro and Dhanbad district,

On Friday night, a notification has been issued stating rolling back its previous notification. The current notification removed Bhojpuri and Magahi from the regional languages list from Bokaro and Dhanbad districts. The government has mentioned only ‘Nagpuri, Urdu, Khortha, Kurmali, and Bangla’ as regional languages for the two districts.

Thousands of protestors have been protesting in Jharkhand state after the notification, the protesters have criticised Chief Minister Hemant Soren for his silence over the matter.

According to the sources in the government said: “The entire issue was a bureaucratic mess-up which led to massive protests. It has been rectified.”

The protests that had reportedly spread over Ranchi and Giridih began after the Hemant Soren government issued a notification regarding the selection of matric and intermediate candidates through examinations in December last year.

The notification had included Bhojpuri and Magahi as regional languages in Dhanbad and Bokaro districts.

According to the protesters, the two districts have very few people speaking in the two languages, and inclusion of the same for examinations amounted to “infringement on the rights” of locals, in this case, Adivasis (tribals) and Moolvasis (non-tribal locals).

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