Kathmandu, Aug 4 : The Nepal Government has said that the issue of Vice President Parmananda Jha taking his oath in Hindi is ‘political in nature’, rather than constitutional.

Replying to a show cause notice, the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers said that the issue deserves to be scrapped prima facie by the Supreme Court.

It further argued that the apex court would not consider the issue as Jha also signed the oath in the language specified in the Constitution.

The apex court had issued a show cause notice to the Prime Minister''s Office and the Vice President after taking up a writ petition filed by advocate Bal Krishna Neupane.

Kathmandu, July 29 : Nepal’s Vice President Parmananda Jha on Tuesday clarified that his taking oath in Hindi language was not meant to hurt sentiments of any Nepali citizen.

According to Nepalnews, in a statement issued on Tuesday, Jha said he chose Hindi language bearing in mind that it is understandable to all residents in Terai districts, who speak different languages.

He also has expressed his commitment to respect all languages spoken in Nepal equally.

Kathmandu, July 28 : The Supreme Court (SC) of Nepal today ordered Vice President Parmananda Jha to furnish a written answer for taking oath of office and secrecy in Hindi language.

According to Kantipur, the Supreme Court has also decided to uphold the writ filed by advocate Bal Krishna Neupane.

Kathmandu, July 26 : Nepal Vice President Parmananda Jha has defended himself for taking oath in Hindi during the swearing in ceremony.

“Hindi is also the mother-tongue of some community in Nepal,” Nepalnews quoted Jha, as saying.

“As per the census, there are around 200,000 people whose mother-tongue is Hindi,” he said.

He also rejected accusations that using Hindi language would, in any way, undermine nationality and integrity.

Although he himself is a native Maithili speaker, he Jha said he chose to take oath in Hindi because it was a common language understood by Maithili, Bhojpuri, Awadhi and other lingual groups of Madhes region.