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BHOPAL – The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has started the process to replace with Hindi the Urdu, Farsi (Persian) and other non-Hindi words being used by the state police in various proceedings.
Sources in state Home Department said the process has been started after the department recently issued an order to replace the words from other language which are not in use with its Hindi version in the police proceedings.
Madhya Police have issued a letter earlier on Tuesday asking senior police officers from districts to submit suggestions within a week about replacing non-Hindi words in the official lexicon.
The state Home Minister Narottam Mishra last month had announced to replace the words from other languages which are not in use use with Hindi words in the police proceedings.
According to sources in the police department, there are around 350 words which will be replaced with its Hindi version.
The directive said that a Hindi word lexicon is to be prepared so that these words can be used in police proceedings in future.
— With agency inputs
