For the first time in its history, the Assam Legislative Assembly will include Hindi as an official language for its proceedings, starting July 6. This decision was made under the leadership of Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass.
Alongside Assamese, English, and Bodo, Hindi will be introduced in the state assembly during the first day of the budget session of the 16th Assam Legislative Assembly.
Dass stated the decision was reached in the General Purpose Committee meeting held on Saturday under his chairmanship. “In the meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pijush Hazarika, Minister Keshab Mahanta, Opposition Leader Wazed Ali Chowdhury, MLAs Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha, Sabharam Basumatary, Chakradhar Gogoi, Joy Prakash Das were present. In the meeting, we have decided to introduce the Hindi language in the state assembly. Earlier, three languages – Assamese, English and Bodo – were here, and for the first time, the Hindi language has been introduced. Hindi is Rashtra Bhasha, and to recognise it, we have decided to introduce the Hindi language,” he said.
Dass also announced that the assembly channel ALA (Assam Legislative Assembly) will be renamed Assam Vidhan Sabha TV from Monday. “In the coming days, we will try to make Assam Vidhan Sabha TV like Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV. From July 6, the Budget Session of the Assam Legislative Assembly will begin, and it will be 21 working days and will continue till July 31. The State Budget will be tabled on July 10,” he added.
According to Dass, 10 new bills have been introduced in the session so far. Regarding the recent visit of the Japanese Prime Minister to India, the Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker commented that Assam will benefit from the visit.
He also referred to the state’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection growth, stating that “along with the state government’s efforts, credit also goes to the taxpayers of Assam.”
