Protest in Dhangadhi after Rana Tharu not included in the working language of the Far-West

Dhangadhi: The Rana Tharu community has protested against the non-inclusion of Rana Tharu as the official working language in the report prepared by the Language Commission. The language commission's report was protested at a press conference in Dhangadhi today.

More than a dozen organizations led by Rana Tharu Samaj are scheduled to protest tomorrow, said Kriparam Rana, president of Rana Tharu Samaj. "The Rana Tharu community, a native of Kailali and Kanchanpur, has been listed separately by the Nepali government as an indigenous tribe," Rana said.

According to him, a protest is scheduled to be held from the traffic intersection of Dhangadhi to Park Mode tomorrow. In the Far-Western states, Dotyali, Tharu, Baitadeli, Achhami and Bajhangi have been recommended as official languages. The Rana Tharu community in Kailali and Kanchanpur has a population of about 300,000. Rana Tharu Samaj has requested the Language Commission to correct the report immediately and give space to its community.

According to the constitutional provision, there is a provision to determine one or more national languages ​​spoken by the majority within the state as the official language of the state. While analyzing the language statistics of the provinces, the commission has stated that five languages other than Nepali have been selected in the possible list of government functions on the basis of languages with more than one percent speakers of the provincial population.

Rana Tharu language is being taught in seven schools in Kailali and Kanchanpur. Similarly, the Rana Tharu community has protested against the bill registered in the Far-Western Provincial Assembly to make provision for the provincial police and the bill to make provision for the formation, operation and conditions of service of the provincial civil service.