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  • Jharkhand withdraws Bhojpuri, Maghi as regional languages from Dhanbad, Bokaro amid protests

    By PTI

    RANCHI: The Jharkhand government withdrew Bhojpuri and Maghi from the list of regional languages of Dhanbad and Bokaro amid widespread protests.

    The Department of Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Rajbhasha withdrew a notification dated December 24, 2021 that allowed these two languages in matric and intermediate-level for appearing in recruitment examinations of district-level posts, conducted by the Jharkhand State Staff Selection Commission.

    The notification was withdrawn on Friday through a fresh order.

    People in both the districts have been agitating under the banner of the Jharkhandi Bhasa Bachao Sangharsh Samiti, stating that these languages were not widely spoken in the region.

    Earlier, state minister Alamgir Alam, JMM MLA Sabita Mahto and Congress state president Rajesh Thakur met Chief Minister Hemant Soren, demanding the withdrawal of the two languages from the list in view of the sentiments of the people.

    Former Silli MLA Amit Kumar even threatened to quit the ruling JMM if the government failed to withdraw the notification.

  • WATCH | IndiGo pilot greets passengers onboard Delhi flight in Bhojpuri

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Before taking off from Patna to the national capital, IndiGo pilot Siddhartha Kumar greeted passengers onboard in his native language Bhojpuri on Thursday.

    Soon after, a video of the announcement shot by a passenger was shared on social media.

    Thousands of people have now liked and commented on the video.

    Bhojpuri language is mostly used in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.

    About the video, Kumar said he was not aware the announcement was recorded by a passenger.

    How awesome is this, @sid_dse. So proud of my junior from my school in Ranchi. What do you say @anishsingh21 @prabhash_jha13 @vinaypandey @IasAlok @AlokKNMishraTOI #BhojpuriTwitter 🙂 pic.twitter.com/fMFGbRqJEk
    — Rajesh Kalra (@rajeshkalra) October 29, 2021
    “I am part of the linguistic culture (Bhojpuri) and I believe communication should happen to connect (with people). IndiGo is a fabulous and futuristic organisation, and it encourages constructive experimentation,” he told PTI on Friday.

    Kumar has been with IndiGo, the country’s largest airline, for four-and-a-half years.

    When asked about the video of the pilot’s announcement, an IndiGo spokesperson said it is basically the airline’s new initiative to reach out to customers in regional languages through announcements on regional routes.

    In recent months, regional air connectivity has been expanding, with airlines, including IndiGo, starting new routes.

  • Bihar CM reacts to Hemant Soren’s allegation of torture by Bhojpuri, Magahi speakers during Jharkhand statehood movement

    Express News Service

    PATNA: Six days after Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s controversial statement on Bhojpuri and Magahi –Bihar’s regional dialects –, his counterpart Nitish Kumar has said that Bihar and Jharkhand are brothers. “Those who don’t realise this make such statements,” he added while talking to the media after holding the weekly ‘Junta Ke Darwar Me Mukhyamantri” programme on Monday

    Earlier, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren had accused Bhojpuri and Magahi-speaking people of undivided Bihar for torturing other people during the movement for Jharkhand statehood was waging.

    “The people of Bihar have immense love for Jharkhand and in the same way and vice versa,” Nitish Kumar stated. He said that Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar in 2000 and since then both the states are like brothers.

    He obliquely slammed Soren for the statement and asserted there is no need to divide the border with languages.

    It was on Tuesday during a zoom interview that Hemant Soren made the controversial remark. Nitish Kumar added that Bihar and Jharkhand belong to the one old family and still have love and belongingness to each other. “There is no need for Bihar to speak on Jharkhand and Jharkhand on Bihar. Earlier, the people from Bihar used to go to Jharkhand to work but not anymore. There was despair in Bihar due to the bifurcation ”, Nitish Kumar said.Hemant Soren had said that the Bhojpuri and the Magahi of Bihar have never been regional languages. “They are borrowed languages and the speakers of these languages were dominating persons”, Hemant had alleged. He had further asserted that the Biharikaran (Biharisation) of Jharkhand cannot be allowed.

    Nitish Kumar categorically denied that the people of Bihar speaking Bhojpuri and Magahi were dominant against anyone. As per data, Bhojpuri is spoken by nearly 52,245,300 people followed by approximately 14,035,600 Magahi speakers.

    Earlier, the BJP leaders in Bihar had slammed the Jharkhand CM, terming the statement to be extremely objectionable and intended to create a division between the people of two states for political sake.

  • PM Modi in Sasaram – people of Bihar not confused, NDA government will be formed again

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PM Narendra Modi) has landed in the political battle of Bihar. Addressing the first election rally in Sasaram, he recalled the late Ram Vilas Paswan and the late Raghuvansh Prasad Singh. PM Modi started his address with Bhojpuri. During this, PM Modi said that the people of Bihar are very clear. I want to congratulate you that you have made your stand clear so many days before the election. In all the surveys that are coming, it is a matter of all that the NDA government is coming once again in Bihar.

    The central government has introduced the ownership plan. In this scheme, everything is happening through technology. After all the action, the people of the village are being given ownership cards of every citizen of their house, their land.

    Along with convenience, concerted efforts are being made to give maximum opportunities to all sections of Bihar. The reservation for Dalits, backward, tribals has been extended for the next 10 years.

    Friends, today all the parties of NDA are working together to build a self-reliant, self-confident Bihar. Bihar still has to go miles ahead in the journey of development. Have to fly towards new highs.

    When the people of Bihar ousted him from power, he gave a chance to Nitishji, he was shocked. After this, for ten years these people took their anger out on Bihar, the people of Bihar while under the UPA government.

    These are the people who stuck and hanged every plan of development of Bihar which continuously looted Bihar during their 15 years of rule. You entrusted the power with great confidence, but they made power a means to fill their coffers.

    When the people of Bihar ousted him from power, he gave a chance to Nitishji, he was shocked. After this, for ten years these people took their anger out on Bihar, the people of Bihar while under the UPA government.