New Zealand MP Gaurav Sharma takes oath in Sanskrit, second Indian-origin leader to do so after Suriname President Chandrikapersad Santokhi - Watch
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New Zealand MP Gaurav Sharma takes oath in Sanskrit, second Indian-origin leader to do so after Suriname President Chandrikapersad Santokhi – Watch

Wellington: Gaurav Sharma, the New Zealand Labour Party MP, on Wednesday (November 25, 2020) turned solely the second Indian exterior India to take oath within the Sanskrit language.

Sharma, the Member of Parliament for Hamilton West, believes that Sanskrit pays homage to all of the Indian languages. Earlier in July this 12 months, the Suriname President Chandrikapersad Santokhi turned first Indian-origin chief to take the oath of workplace within the classical language. 

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Sharma was additionally requested by one of many Twitteratis – “Why did he not choose Hindi?”, to which he replied, “To be trustworthy I did consider that, however then there was the query of doing it in Pahari (my first language) or Punjabi. Hard to maintain everybody joyful. Sanskrit made sense because it pays homage to all of the Indian languages (together with the various I can’t converse).

The Jacinda Ardern-led get together’s MP mentioned that he speaks a number of Indian languages and needed to decide on a language that will characterize a variety of present languages spoken in India. 

“At over 3500 yrs old Sanskrit is the oldest & considered the mother language of many Indian languages that originated frm it,” acknowledged Sharma.

Sharma knowledgeable that he studied Sanskrit at a small faculty in a rural a part of India.
 

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