'Why Only Urdu & Not...' CM Yogi As UP Assembly, In A First, Sees Multilingual Proceedings

Last Updated:February 18, 2025, 13:08 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.

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi addressing a rally in Milkipur, where bypolls will be held on February 5.

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.

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