CM Hemant Soren stressed on the importance of Hindi language at a function organised on the occasion of Hindi Diwas at Shri Krishna Institute of Public Administration (SKIPA) on Sunday.
In order to begin the trend of Hindi language he felt the need of campaigning in all the departments and regions. He said the meaning of Hindi diwas can be justified only when we pledge to promote the language.This can be possible only with combined efforts, he said. Soren took pride in denoting himself a resident of a Hindi speaking region. According to Soren, writing and speaking Hindi language is not a matter of difficulty.
Addressing the audience, Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Rajbhasa department Principal Secretary SK Sathpathy said that 131 years back in 1881 Bihar was the first state where Hindi was considered a mother tongue.SKIPA Director Praveen Shankar said there is need to accomplish Hindi as a global language. Hindi has always been a mixture of Urdu and Persian. Hindi language will prosper if local languages are mixed with it, he said.
Renowned scholar Dr K Thakur said a language will empower only with the development of society. He termed Hindi as an international language. Several poets of the state were present at the Kavi Sammelan organised the concluding part of the programme.