NAVJOT SINGH SIDHU SHOWS THE WAY TO PROMOTE MOTHER TONGUE PUNJABI
National Tele24 News
Chandigarh
The Cabinet Minister, Punjab, Mr. Navjot Singh
Sidhu has in a special initiative showed the way to promote mother tongue
'Punjabi' language by ordering the entire official working of the Local
Government, Tourism and Cultural Affairs Department to be done in Punjabi
mandatorily. The minister had in a Panchayat summoned by the Punjabi lovers
recently made an announcement to this effect and today wrote to the
Administrative Secretaries of both the departments that the official
correspondence as well as the working be done in Punjabi.
Disclosing this, an
official spokesman said that Mr. Sidhu in his written communication to the
Principal Secretary Local Government and Secretary Tourism and Cultural Affairs
emphasized that promoting Punjabi language is the primary as well as the moral
duty of all of us and in future it must be ensured that the entire working of
both the departments be done in Punjabi. Similarly, the minister has also
ordered that Punjabi language must occupy prominent space in every signboard
connected with both the departments. Furthermore, in his communication the
minister has instructed that in case of violation of the above orders the
departmental action must be taken against the concerned officer/employee.
Reiterating his
commitment to go all out for promoting Punjabi language, Mr. Sidhu said that
Punjabi language is a symbol of the identity and the pride of all Punjabi
people and that makes it all the more necessary for pulling out all stops in
restoring its lost glory and according it due respect.
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