DNA: Mumbai: Saturday, August 22, 2015.
The Central
Railway has rejected an RTI application only because it has been written in
Marathi. The Shiv Sena, the MNS as well as the Congress have condemned this
insult to the state's language.
One Subhash
Jagtap from Mulund had filed an RTI application to CR on June 22, 2015. He was
surprised to receive a reply from CR's deputy general manager Swati Sinha that
said the CR was not in a position to understand what he was seeking through
this application as it was in Marathi. His application rejected, he was asked
to file it in Hindi or English.
Speaking to
Zee24Taas, Jagtap said that he was feeling as if he's not a resident of
Maharashtra.
After
Zee24Taas reported CR's apathy towards Marathi in Maharashtra, leader of
opposition in state assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil condemned it and said it
was arrogance on part of the railway officials and he would write a letter in
this regard to union railway minister Suresh Prabhu.
Condemning
the behaviour of railway officials, Lok Sabha MP from Sena Arvind Savant said
he too would take up the issue with Prabhu. Savant said he would request Prabhu
and ensure that the use of Marathi is made acceptable in railways. MNS group
leader in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Sandeep Deshpande said it was
evident from CR's reply that despite the change of guard at the Centre and in
the state, officials have not changed their mindset. He added that he would
ensure this change by taking steps "MNS style".
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