CPI(M) leader opposes exclusion of 'Mahl', 'Arabic' languages from Lakshadweep schools
. @cpimspeak Rajya Sabha floor leader @JohnBrittas writes to #ModiGovt protesting against removal of Mahl and Arabic from school syllabus in Lakshadweep. Says if discarded in the name of NEP reform, what we are witnessing is not progress but cultural erasure, he says @DeccanHerald pic.twitter.com/wJnvkpNZjG
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