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RS MPs can now speak in any 22 Indian languages listed in 8th Schedule

New Delhi, July 18 (UNI) Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday announced that from this Monsoon Session of Parliament, Rajya Sabha MPs will be able to speak in the House in any of the 22 Indian languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.
Making the announcement in the house during the Zero hour, Mr Naidu said that the Rajya Sabha Secretariat has arranged for simultaneous interpretation facility for five more languages - Dogri, Kashmiri, Konkani, Santhali and Sindhi.
"I have always felt that mother tongue is the natural medium to convey our feelings and thoughts without any retention. In a multilingual setting such as Parliament, members must not feel handicapped or inferior to others due to language constraints.
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