Summary:
Nashik, Dec 5 (PTI) NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday urged people to make efforts in taking Marathi literature to the next generation and said the state government should undertake a programme for the overall growth of Marathi language.
He also said that the idea of imparting education in Marathi at graduation and post-graduation levels for science and commerce streams should be considered.
The former Maharashtra chief minister was speaking as a chief guest at the concluding ceremony of the three-day 94th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan (All India Marathi Literary Meet) at the Kusumagraj Nagari here.
"We will have to create good human beings and not robots from the new generation.
Therefore, the Marathi mind should be taken care of and it can be done only with the help of the mother tongue.
For this, the Marathi-speaking people should make efforts to take Marathi literature to the next generation," he said.