SHILLONG: The state government will have to bring back the Khasi-Garo language resolution to the Assembly for amendment to remove difficulties which the government had admitted in the past.
On September 27, the Assembly passed the resolution to include Khasi and Garo languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution but the hurdles are far from over.
A month after, the government is yet to send the resolution to the Centre since the state admitted in the resolution that certain difficulties in fulfilling the criteria for recognition to Khasi-Garo languages exist.
An official source pointed out that the state should not have mentioned the difficulties in the resolution and instead it should have been left to the Centre to point out the requirements.
“We will have to bring back the resolution with amendments to the Assembly by calling a special session,” the source added.
The resolution had admitted that neither Khasi nor Garo is a medium of instruction up to higher secondary or higher education and there is no Sahitya Sabha or Academy for either.
These two are the most important criteria, which are among the criteria for recognition. “It will be difficult for Khasi and Garo to get through in the Lok Sabha if the above are not taken care of in due time,” the resolution had said.
The admission of the government about the difficulties will be counterproductive and there is no need of mentioning the difficulties in the resolution, the official added.
