Updated November 6th, 2019 at 18:08 IST
Why only Gujarati? Conduct JEE in all regional laguages: Bengal CM
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee questioned the Centre's decision of including only Gujarati as an optional language in the JEE Main exam
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Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday questioned the Centre's decision of including Gujarati as an optional language in the crucial Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main exam. In a series of tweets the West Bengal CM expressed her dissatisfaction over the decision. In her first tweet, she said, "Our country is India, which is home to so many religions, cultures, languages, creeds and communities. However, maligning all regions and regional languages is the intention of the government at the centre (sic)."
'Why have other regional languages been ignored?'
In another tweet, she said that the Joint Entrance Exams so long were conducted in English and Hindi languages, adding only Gujarati language unfair. "I love the Gujarati language. But, why have other regional languages been ignored? Why injustice is being meted out to them? If Gujarati has to be there, then all regional languages including Bengali must be there (sic)," CM Banerjee further stated.
Unless this issue is decided gracefully, there will be strong protests all around as sentiments of people who speak other regional languages would be deeply hurt due to this injustice. (4/4)
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) November 6, 2019
"Linguistic discrimination is unconstitutional"
Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament Abhishek Banerjee had also criticised the Central government on the issue by saying that any “linguistic discrimination is unconstitutional”. He had tweeted, “Constitution mandates equality for all. Why only options of English, Hindi & Gujarati? JEE (Mains) 2020 must be conducted in all regional languages including Bengali, Oriya, Kannada, Telegu, Tamil, Marathi. Any linguistic discrimination is unconstitutional (sic)”.
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JEE in 3 languages will be conducted by NTA from this year
The notification of JEE 2020 states that candidates will have to opt language of Question Paper while filling up the online application form. For all "centre cities", the languages of question papers will be in English and Hindi. But for the "centre cities" in Gujarat, Daman and Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, the languages should be English, Hindi and Gujarati. JEE exam will be conducted in English, Hindi and Gujarati languages by National Testing Agency (NTA).
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Published November 6th, 2019 at 16:59 IST
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