Marathi language News
Maharashtra BJP vice president urged Yogi Adityanath to include Marathi as an optional language.
He said Marathi will improve job prospects of those who shift to Maharashtra from UP.
His letter comes ahead of polls to civic bodies in Maharashtra.
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Marathi is compulsory till Class 4 run by the CBSE and ICSE boards. It is optional in later years. If the bill is passed, it will become mandatory for the CBSE and ICSE boards to teach Marathi till Class 10.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has assured that his government is pursuing the demand that Marathi be granted the status of `classical language' with the Union government.
The Devendra Fadnavis government has issued a notification to make use of Marathi language along with English and Hindi in central government offices in Maharashtra.
Shiv Sena has defended senior party leader and Transport Minister Diwakar Raote's recent announcement that new autorickshaw permits will be issued only to drivers who speak Marathi, saying it was an old law which he had sought just to apply.
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