It’s RSS versus BJP Goa govt battle on language row
It’s RSS versus BJP Goa govt battle on language row Reporters Name | CAMIL PARKHE | Wednesday, 4 May 2016 AT 11:47 PM IST Goa , language row , Camil Parkhe http://goo.gl/JAiu3a Language has always been a sensitive issue in Goa even when this tiny territory was ruled by the Portuguese over 450 years. Now, the latest row is over the medium of instruction in government-funded schools. For the past few months, Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM), an association affiliated to the Sangh Parivar, has been spearheading an agitation to seek an end to government grants to the English medium schools. The BBSM wants the government grants to be given only to schools having Marathi or Konkani as the medium of instruction. It is pertinent to note that a majority of the English medium schools receiving government grants are church-owned schools. The issue of medium of instruction in school has threatened to become a majo...