The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar has written to Union home minister Amit Shah seeking the grant of classical language status to Maithili. The letter by state education minister Sunil Kumar, dated November 18, was shared on X by Janara Dal (United) (JD(U)) working president Sanjay Kumar Jha, a close aide of the Bihar chief minister.
"I thank Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on behalf of residents of Mithila region for the formal request made by the Bihar education department, to the Centre, for grant of classical language (shastriya bhasha) status to Maithili," Jha wrote on the micro-blogging site.
The Rajya Sabha MP disclosed that he had broached the issue last month, with officials of the Union Ministry for Culture.
