Delhi Speaker Gupta Bats for Mother Tongue in Education

Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta used the inaugural session of the *Rachayita Literary Festival 2026* at Delhi University to make a strong case for mother-tongue education, arguing that children grasp concepts more effectively when taught in their own language. He framed this within a larger appeal for Indian languages to receive greater recognition in both education and public administration.

Gupta invoked Mahatma Gandhi's views on education alongside the legacies of literary figures such as Bharatendu Harishchandra, Rabindranath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and Subramania Bharati, crediting their writings with fostering national consciousness during the freedom movement. He also cited Kabir, Surdas, Mirabai and Tulsidas as voices that enriched regional languages while binding India's shared cultural heritage.

Pointing to examples like Japan, Germany, France and Israel, he argued that language and literature strengthen national identity. Gupta highlighted the Delhi Assembly's push to expand Hindi in official correspondence and praised the Centre's *Bhashini* platform for enabling cross-lingual communication, while urging young people to read and write in their mother tongues.