HYDERABAD: The Chief Minister of the youngest state on Thursday declare Urdu as the Second Official Language in Telangana.
“I am declaring today, not considering districts as a unit but the state as a unit…that Urdu will be considered…practised as the second official language,” CM K Chandrashekar Rao said while addressing the State Legislative Assembly.
He said every office in Telangana right from the Chief Minister’s Office to District Collectorate will have an Urdu-speaking officer and that all competitive examinations which will be conducted in the state will have will have the option of writing exam in Urdu also.
The Chief Minister further said that by forming special District Selection Committee (DSC), Telangana Government will soon recruit 900 Urdu teachers to fill up the posts.
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