Nitish Kumar surprised over language row, says Bihar-Jharkhand was one

Feb 19, 2022

New Delhi, Feb 19 (ANI): Jharkhand government has rolled back Bhojpuri and Magahi as regional languages from Bokaro and Dhanbad districts and issued new notification of district-wise regional languages. Reacting to this, Bihar Chief Minister said, “Do Bhojpuri and Magahi belong to just one state? Bhojpuri is spoken in UP too. Bihar-Jharkhand was one. It (language) is for all. I find this surprising. If someone is doing this, I don't think it is being done in the state's interest. I don't know why is this being done.”