Decision to set up Telugu Development Authority hailed

Guntur: Hailing the government’s decision to establish Telugu Development Authority, the Telugu Bhashodyama Samakhya expressed dissatisfaction over the government’s move to issue a government order instead of introducing a bill in the forthcoming Assembly session.  

Dr Samala Ramesh Babu, president of the Telugu Bhashodyama Samakhya recalled in a statement here on Monday that Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced during the official celebration of Telugu Language Day in 2017, that the bill would be introduced in the Assembly to establish Telugu Development Authority. However, the Authority was set up through a government order instead of the bill in the Assembly which was not proper, he said.

Dr Ramesh Babu opined that several works which have to be undertaken by the Telugu Development Authority were linked with the government policy decisions like official language policy and implementation of Telugu medium in education. ``It is not proper to establish such an important institution through a government order,” he averred.

The Telugu Bhashodyama Samakhya conducted a workshop here on Sunday to discuss the steps to be taken for the development of Telugu language. ``Considering such important issues like Telugu language development, the government should immediately spell out its policies on implementation of official language in general administration, legislation and judiciary and in the education sector,’’ participants at  the workshop demanded.

The government order listed out six types of penalties for violating the norms set by the Telugu Development Authority. However, the legal experts express doubts over the implementation of such penalties, the workshop stated and added that there are some other ambiguities in the government order and they should also be rectified.

The workshop appealed to the government to go ahead with the establishment of the Authority by introducing a bill in the forthcoming Assembly session after rectifying the anomalies in the government order.