Odia Asmita incomplete without tribal languages, making all efforts to preserve them: Majhi

Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday called upon litterateurs to preserve the core values of Odisha's culture, tradition and literature amid the rapid transformation taking place across the social and cultural fabric of the country.

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Inaugurating the 13th edition of Odisha Literary Festival in the presence of editorial director of TNIE Prabhu Chawla, The New Indian Express Group CEO Lakshmi Menon and resident editor for Odisha Siba Mohanty here, the chief minister also asserted the importance of tribal languages and stated Odia Asmita (Odia pride) is incomplete without them. The state government is thus making every effort to preserve and promote the tribal languages, he said.