Three-language policy not applicable to Central places of work: Home Ministry
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has stated that the three-language policy is not applicable to places of work of the Union authorities. The ministry gave this response to a query filed beneath the Right to Information (RTI) Act on the latest CRPF occasion at Bhadravati in Shivamogga district, the place the plaques unveiled to mark the muse stone-laying ceremony have been solely in English and Hindi.
Goutham Ganesh M.H., a B. Tech scholar in Bengaluru, had filed an software earlier than the Union Home Ministry beneath RTI, asking if the ministry had seen that the three-language policy not being adopted on the programme. The reply furnished by the ministry on January 29 acknowledged that “as per the provision of the Official Language Act, 1963, and the Official Language Rules, 1976, the provision of bilingual policy is applicable in the offices of the Central government”.
Home Minister Amit Shah laid the muse stone for the 97th battalion of the Rapid Action Force in Bhadravati on January 16. The content material of the programme engraved on the plaques unveiled on the event was solely in English and Hindi. The banner on the dais was additionally in Hindi. Kannada activists and leaders from the Opposition events, together with former Chief Ministers H.D. Kumaraswamy and Siddaramaiah, stated that Kannada was ignored on the programme. Hundreds of individuals took to social media to criticise the Centre on this situation, whereas Karnataka Rakshana Vedike carried out a Twitter marketing campaign on the difficulty.
Mr. Ganesh instructed The Puucho that he had noticed the developments following the occasion at Bhadravati and despatched the questions to the Home Ministry on January 24. “As the programme was held in Karnataka, Kannada should have got prominence. But the Union Home Ministry has defended its stand citing the rules. I think the only solution could be amendments to the Articles from 343 to 351 of the Constitution which declare Hindi as the official language,” he stated.
He added that the elected representatives of the State ought to increase the difficulty and demand appropriate amendments so that each one languages are handled equally.
