Overview
- At a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on December 25, the President unveiled the Constitution in the Santhali language using the Ol Chiki script.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the move on December 26, calling it a commendable effort that will deepen constitutional awareness and democratic participation.
- Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan and Union Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal attended the release event.
- The official edition prepared by the Central Institute of Indian Languages follows an earlier independent Ol Chiki translation completed in 2021 by Santali scholar Sripati Tudu.
- Reporting notes that CIIL initially worked on a Devanagari version, triggering protests after which the institute said it would publish the text in both scripts.