In a historic move, the Assam Legislative Assembly will now include Hindi alongside Assamese, English, and Bodo. Speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass announced the decision, emphasizing Hindi's status as the 'Rashtra Bhasha'. This comes as the Assembly prepares for its budget session starting July 6. The channel ALA will also be rebranded as Assam Vidhan Sabha TV, aiming for a stature similar to national parliamentary channels.

In a historic move, the Assam Legislative Assembly will now include Hindi alongside Assamese, English, and Bodo. Speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass announced the decision, emphasizing…

Speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass said that Hindi is the ‘national language’, even though the Constitution does not accord any language the title.