Congress MP and Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Ripun Bora gave a notice in the Rajya Sabha under Special Mention for the introduction of Assamese as a regional language from Class 1 to 8 in the Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs)  in Assam.

In the notice, Bora requested the HRD Minister to postpone the summer vacation for the KVs in Assam covering July and August.

The Congress leader mentioned that the Assamese is only taught as additional subjects in KVs in Assam from Classes 6 to 8.

The Winter Session of Parliament got underway on November 18th, 2019. In the Winter Session is likely to witness heated discussions as the Opposition looks to raise issues of job crisis, economic slowdown, the lockdown in Jammu and Kashmir and the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

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