'Maulvi Banana Chahte Hain': CM Yogi Slams Samajwadi Party Over 'Urdu Vs Awadhi' Drama In UP Assembly

Last Updated:February 18, 2025, 13:25 IST

CM Yogi's attack on the Opposition came when Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Speaker Satish Mahana informed the House the channel numbers for various languages in which the Assembly proceedings will be broadcast.

CM Yogi highlighted that the original Ramcharitra Manas written in Awadi is widely read in countries like Mauritius and Fiji, where people from the Hindi belt migrated and settled.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday asked the Samajwadi Party why were they against Awadhi, Bhojpuri and Bundelkhandi languages, and only bat for Urdu.

CM Yogi’s attack on the Opposition came when Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Speaker Satish Mahana informed the House the channel numbers for various languages in which the Assembly proceedings will be broadcast.

The Speaker said that as informed by the chief minister earlier, the aim of the initiative is to connect more people with the democratic process, especially those residing in the rural belt of the state.

For the unversed, the proceedings of the UP Vidhan Sabha — in a first — are now available in multiple languages and dialects like Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Braj, Bundeli, and English.

A report in Times of India stated that any member will be able to listen to a legislator’s speech in local dialect by switching on their headphones. Similarly, if members want to speak in the house in any dialect or regional language, they will be able to do so, and the headphones will have the facility to translate it into Hindi or any other language, the report mentioned.

While the Speaker was explaining the new development in the House, a Samajwadi Party MLA stood up and said that they are not against Awadhi, Bundelkhandi, “but why is English part of the plan?" “…And if we are including English, then why leave out Urdu? The proceedings should be available in Urdu too," he said.

Replying to the protest, CM Yogi Adityanath said, “…This is the problem with you people, you (Samajwadi Party) will oppose every good work which is in the interest of the state. This type of opposition should be condemned…These people will teach their children in English medium schools but if the govt wants to give facilities to other’s children, they will make them study Urdu, they want them to become Maulvis…"

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