Chandigarh, February 2
Kultar Singh Sandhawan has decided to sensitize MLAs about their mother tongue. Under the campaign launched by the Vidhan Sabha Speaker to sensitize the MLAs on various issues of public importance, S. Sandhwan is organizing a discussion on Punjabi language/ mother tongue on February 7, 2023, at the Vidhan Sabha Secretariat in which MLAs and officials are invited to participate.
According to a spokesperson of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, S. Sandhwan is organizing this discussion in view of the International Mother Language Day being celebrated on February 21 to promote the mother tongue.
Along with this, MLAs will also be sensitized regarding the implementation of the Punjabi language in the courts of the state.
It is to be noted that the Punjab government has also started a campaign to educate the people about the importance of the mother tongue and to implement Punjabi.
Under this, the month of November was celebrated as ‘Punjabi month’. During this month, a state-level function was held at Amritsar, in which chief minister Bhagwant Mann was directed to put on all boards in the Punjabi language across the state till February 21, 2023.