Gangtok: Nepali-speaking communities from across the country are outraged over the curtailing of Nepali artists from performing during an ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ programme for Independence Day citing that Nepali is not an Indian language.
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Here’s how Sikkim reacted to ‘racial ignorance’ over Gorkha language
Former Chief Minister of Sikkim, Pawan Kumar Chamling also responded to the incident and claimed the remark of Chandra Prabha Pandey to be ‘offensive, racist and un-Indian’.
