Representatives of various Indian languages assembled at Press Club of India, New Delhi on 20th November and demand to include all the 38 languages recommended by Sitakant Mahapatra Committee in 2004. The activists also urged to set up Akademi for 38 recommended languages and provide offices in New Delhi.
A five-member National Coordination Committee was also constituted to run the organization and channelize the movement of non-scheduled languages under the banner of CLEAR – NSLG (Campaign for Language Equity And Right – Non Scheduled Language Group). Saket Sreebhushan Sahu, Kundan Amitabh, Sudhir Hilsayan, Mahavir Mund have been given the responsibilities as National Coordinators. Also a student wing was also formed with Dr. Tila Kumar as its co-ordinator.
The current list of 38 languages recommended by the Sitakanta Mohapatra committee includes: Angika, Banjara, Bajjika, Bhojpuri, Bhoti, Bhotia, Bundelkhandi, Chhattisgarhi, Dhatki, English, Garhwali (Pahari), Gondi, Gujjar or Gujjari, Ho, Kaachachhi, Kamtapuri, Karbi, Khasi, Kodava (Coorg), Kok Barak, Kumaoni (Pahari), Kurak, Kosali,Lepcha, Limbu, Mizo (Lushai), Magahi, Mundari, Nagpuri, Nicobarese, Pahari (Himachali), Pali, Rajasthani, Shaurseni (Prakrit), Siraiki, Tenyidi and Tulu.
Those who addressed the meeting were, Anil Chamadia, Saket Sreebhushan Sahu, Kundan Amitabh, Dr. (Prof.) Arun Kumar, Sudhir Hilsayan, Sandhya Rani, Mahavir Mund, M. Cariappa, Sunita Sinha, Dr. Tila Kumar, Rajeshwar Jaiswal, Umesh Chandra Sahu, Shekhar Pawar, Saikat Poddar etc.
Other important people present in this meeting were Archana Sharma, Anoop Sharma, Dr. Praveen Kumar Bharti, Praveen Singh Chauhan, Raghuveer Sai, Dipesh Bhadu, Ganesh Siyag, Daharushi Sahu, Dharmendra Kumar, Dr. Naveen Gupta, Ghanshyam Banji, Sunil Kumar etc.
