Assam MLAs take oath in 9 languages

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• Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Guwahati: Personifying the diverse nature of the state’s culture and heritage, the newly elected members of Assam assembly etched a new record on Thursday as they took oaths in as many as nine languages.Marking a departure from the usual practice of adhering to English and languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution — Hindi, Bengali, Bodo and Assamese — the MLAs chose to take their oaths, administered by pro-tem speaker Chandra Mohan Patowary, in English, Assamese, Bodo, Hindi, Karbi, Rajbongshi, Sanskrit, Bengali and Rabha in the first session of the opening day of the 16th assembly.“Today, the #AssamAssembly echoed with the voices of our indigenous languages.
• For the first time, MLAs took oath in languages like Karbi, Rabha, Rajbongshi, etc.
• going beyond conventional limitations and setting a new precedent in the House,” CM Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote in a social media post.Speaking...