CHAKAMARI MADARIHAT (WB): The Bodo Sahitya Sabha (BSS) has urged West Bengal government to introduce Bodo as a major Indian language (MIL) in the educational institutions of the state for Bodo students.
Addressing the 51st conference of BSS here on Sunday, the ethic literary body’s President Dr Kameswar Brahma said a delegation of the BSS would be soon discussing the matter with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The main purpose of the conference here since Saturday was to convince the state government for an early introduction of Bodo as a MIL in West Bengal as 50,000 Bodo students were studying in the state, Dr Brahma said while hoisting the BSS flag. He said the right of Bodo students stood guaranteed under the Right To Education 2009 Bill which should be honoured through introduction of Bodo as MIL, free and compulsory education to children between 6-14 years with supply of free text books. (PTI)