Pala blasts the NPP and BJP over the language issue

Congress President and Shillong MP Vincent H Pala has slammed the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for paying only lip service to the long-pending demand for the inclusion of Khasi language in the Constitution’s Eighth Schedule.

“Today the government has given enough lip service for pushing (this issue) but practically if they (NPP) are with the BJP they can tell the BJP and there is no problem for the BJP to recognise it,” Pala told reporters.

“The BJP (had also) included in their manifesto but nothing has been done on the matter,” he said.