SHILLONG, April 29: The Meghalaya state government will soon frame rules for the implementation of the Meghalaya Official Languages Ordinance, 2026, which grants official status to Khasi and Garo languages alongside English, Deputy Chief Minister in-charge of Parliamentary Affairs Prestone Tynsong said.
“Right from MDA government-I and now MDA government-II, we have taken a very important and historic decision in our journey of serving the people. One of them recently is a very good decision meeting the aspirations of the people of the entire state, be it Garo or Khasi and Jaintia,” Tynsong told reporters.
He said the government opted to term it ‘official’ rather than ‘associate official’.
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“Ultimately, when we took this decision, we found out why associate officials and why not officials. Instead of associating, we ultimately decided that it should be the Official Languages Ordinance,” he said.
Tynsong confirmed that the ordinance has received assent and is now law.
“I am very happy to tell you that yesterday, the Governor has approved the Meghalaya Official Languages Ordinance, 2026. It has been published in the Gazette of Meghalaya and has come into force. Now, very soon we are going to prepare the rules of this ordinance and then we will also start using these state official languages,” he said. On the legislative process, he said, “The ordinance will come back to the Assembly for regularisation in the month of August or September during the upcoming autumn session of the Assembly.” (NNN)
