New Delhi November 21:
In an ironical twist, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, a champion of using Punjabi language in official communication, has been nominated on the Kendriya Hindi Samiti (Central Hindi Committee).
The Home Ministry yesterday released a 41-member list which has Badal’s name on it. The name is in his capacity as the Chief Minister of Punjab. Others on the list include the CMs of Bihar, Rajasthan, Kerala, Assam and Odisha (Orissa).
Interestingly, the function of the samiti will be to bring about coordination in the work and programmes relating to Hindi. The committee will also work to propagate the use of Hindi for official purposes by the various ministries/ departments of the Government of India, said a Home Ministry spokesperson. Badal, who is a pre-independence graduate from Lahore, struggles to speak in Hindi, while is comfortable speaking Punjabi, Urdu and English.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will head the committee while the Home Minister will be its deputy chairman. The Ministers of Human Resource Development, Information & Broadcasting, Communication & IT, Railways, External Affairs and the Minister of State for Official Languages in the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions are among the members.
In an ironical twist, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, a champion of using Punjabi language in official communication, has been nominated on the Kendriya Hindi Samiti (Central Hindi Committee).
The Home Ministry yesterday released a 41-member list which has Badal’s name on it. The name is in his capacity as the Chief Minister of Punjab. Others on the list include the CMs of Bihar, Rajasthan, Kerala, Assam and Odisha (Orissa).
Interestingly, the function of the samiti will be to bring about coordination in the work and programmes relating to Hindi. The committee will also work to propagate the use of Hindi for official purposes by the various ministries/ departments of the Government of India, said a Home Ministry spokesperson. Badal, who is a pre-independence graduate from Lahore, struggles to speak in Hindi, while is comfortable speaking Punjabi, Urdu and English.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will head the committee while the Home Minister will be its deputy chairman. The Ministers of Human Resource Development, Information & Broadcasting, Communication & IT, Railways, External Affairs and the Minister of State for Official Languages in the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions are among the members.
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