Gorkhas damage over AIWC’s ‘Nepali non-Indian language’ snub, threaten authorized motion

Express News Service

GUWAHATI: Gorkhas throughout India are outraged after the All India Women Conference (AIWC) rejected a efficiency of artistes from the neighborhood on the bottom that ‘Nepali’ is a “non-Indian” language.

On June 9, AIWC government member and the pinnacle of occasions Chandra Prabha Pandey had despatched out a observe asking for contributions for an occasion organised coinciding with “Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav”. The contributions had been patriotic songs and dances carried out in regional languages.

When artists from Kalimpong in West Bengal had despatched of their contributions, they had been allegedly rudely instructed by Pandey “we cannot showcase performances in non-Indian languages”, the Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh (BGP) alleged.

This had prompted AIWC, Kalimpong secretary Aruna Pradhan to intervene however Pandey allegedly insisted “they cannot send national anthem sung in the Nepali language as it is not a language from India”.

The BGP expressed shock over how Pandey carried out herself. “It is shocking the AIWC is absolutely ignorant that Nepali language/Gorkha Bhasa is one of the national languages of India spoken by 10.5 million Indian Gorkhas and duly recognised under the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution,” BGP youth wing normal secretary Ramesh Bastola mentioned.

Darjeeling MP Raju Bista additionally expressed shock. “The AIWC has shown deliberate racism against the Gorkha community of our nation by claiming that Nepali is not an Indian language and not allowing a performance in the Nepali language,” he mentioned.

The Bharatiya Gorkha Yuva Parisangh requested Pandey to tender a public apology inside 24 hours or she could be sued.

“Our team will file an online petition too so that this incident doesn’t happen again,” a Gorkha chief mentioned.