Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 23: A delegation of Maatri Bhasha Bachao Andolan (MBBA) here today met the MP Rajya Sabha, Shamsher Singh Manhas and presented him a memorandum demanding restoration of Dogri News Unit at All India Radio (AIR), New Delhi.
The delegation was led by MBBA Convener, Hari Chand Jalmeria and comprised of Ramankant Singh Manhas, B.R Manhas and Ghulam Ali.
It asked Manhas to raise the issue in the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament.
Jalmeria asked the MP that Dogri and Kashmiri News Units at central headquarters of AIR New Delhi were started in 1947 in the wake of tribal invasion in the State to counter the vicious propaganda of Pakistan.
“Now, despite the fact that Dogri has been included in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution and has become one of the 22 national languages, its Central News Unit has been closed since 2017 by the decision of Prasar Bharti Board whereas Kashmiri and Punjabi units continue to be there,” the delegation said terming it a discrimination with Dogri.
The MP assured the delegation to raise the issue in Rajya Sabha and will also take it up with the Union Government.
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