"Would Have Been Better...": BJP MP On Not Able To Take Oath In Bhojpuri
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The MPs can subscribe to the oath or affirmation in English or any of the 22 languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. Bhojpuri, however, is not listed in the Eighth Schedule.
As several MPs took oath in their mother tongue in Lok Sabha on Monday, BJP MP from Saran in Bihar Rajiv Pratap Rudy rued the fact that he could not take the oath in Bhojpuri. #18thLokSabha: Rajiv Pratap Rudy, (BJP) takes oath as Member of Parliament (Saran, Bihar)#LokSabha#RajyaSabha#parliamentsession@LokSabhaSectt@RajivPratapRudypic.twitter.com/XosJDU21ts
The Lok Sabha witnessed a display of linguistic diversity on Monday, with the newly elected MPs taking their oaths in English and Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Dogri, Bengali, Assamese and Odia.
The MPs can subscribe to the oath or affirmation in English or any of the 22 languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. Bhojpuri, however, is not listed in the Eighth Schedule.
