08.07.2025: Members of Parliamentary Official Language Committee call on Governor

Publish Date: July 8, 2025

08.07.2025: A 9 - member delegation of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee, led by the Committee's Convenor Dr. Dinesh Sharma (MP, Uttar Pradesh) called on the Governor of Maharashtra C P Radhakrishnan at Raj Bhavan Mumbai. The Committee members apprised the Governor about the purpose of their visit to Mumbai. Committee Members Ramchandra Jangda (Haryana), Rajesh Verma (Bihar), Kritidevi Debbarman (Tripura), Kishorilal Sharma (UP), Satpal Brahmachari (Haryana), Dr. Ajit Gopchhade (Maharashtra), Vishweshwar Hegde (Karnataka), and officials were present.

Members of Parliamentary Official Language Committee call on Governor

‘Hereafter Marathi correspondence will be replied in Marathi’

A 9 – member delegation of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee, led by the Committee’s Convenor Dr. Dinesh Sharma (MP, Uttar Pradesh) called on the Governor of Maharashtra C P Radhakrishnan at Raj Bhavan Mumbai on Tuesday (8th). The Committee members apprised the Governor about the purpose of their visit to Mumbai.

Dr. Dinesh Sharma informed that the committee works with the objective of promoting regional languages across the country while also establishing Hindi as an associate language.

He added that the entire functioning of the Ministry of Home Affairs is conducted in Hindi, and added that henceforth, letters received in Marathi will be replied to in Marathi, those received in Tamil language will be answered in Tamil, alongwith the Hindi translation of the reply.

Welcoming the Committee members to Raj Bhavan, the Governor remarked that it is difficult to understand the problems of people across the country unless one knows Hindi.

He said his entire school education was done in Tamil medium at a municipal school in his village. At that time, there were no private schools in his village, due to which he could not learn Hindi, something he regrets.

Radhakrishnan said after he became the Governor of Jharkhand, he realized that communication with the people was not possible without knowing Hindi. Today, he can fully understand Hindi, he said.

The Governor told the Committee members that in his capacity as Chancellor of state universities, he has advised universities to introduce foreign languages like German, Japanese, and Mandarin in their curriculum.

Committee Members Ramchandra Jangda (Haryana), Rajesh Verma (Bihar), Kritidevi Debbarman (Tripura), Kishorilal Sharma (UP), Satpal Brahmachari (Haryana), Dr. Ajit Gopchhade (Maharashtra), Vishweshwar Hegde (Karnataka), and officials were present.