Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said that his Government was committed to promote Urdu as both Urdu and Hindi played a crucial role in Indian independence and post-independence have played a crucial role in uniting the country.
“Samajwadi Party Government has always promoted Indian languages. Ours is the only government that has honoured Hindu, Urdu and Sanskrit scholars with academy and Yash Bharati Awards,” Yadav said while inaugurating special edition of Urdu magazine Naya Daur here on Wednesday.
The new issue was on Ali Biradraan, also known as Maulana Md Ali Jauhar.
“Maulana Ali Jauhar alongwith Maulana Shaukar Ali had played important role in Khilafat movement. Government has set up a university on the name of Ali Jauhar which will help spreading the light of knowledge among the masses,” he said.
He said that this issue carries many rare pictures of Ali Biradaraan. This issue will bring help in eradicating differences as people will come to know about the truth.
Yadav also announced that issue of the magazine would be translated in Devnagri script.
Chief Minister congratulated Urban Development Minister Azam Khan for providing such rare documents and pictures. “It is the digital world. New technology should be used to preserve old documents,” he said.
Azam Khan also spoke on this occasion.