The Supreme court today  is scheduled to hear the plea which is filed by the Ashwini Upadhyay who is a  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader. The plea seeks a direction to make Hindi a compulsory subject nationwide for students up to class eight.

Ashwini Upadhyay as per the sources news said that the study of Hindi should be compulsory for students of Class I-VIII in all schools across India, in order to promote fraternity, assuring dignity of individual and unity and national integration.

In his plea, Upadhyay referred to various constitutional provisions and non-execution of the three-language formula enunciated in the 1968 National Policy Resolution.

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