 bill no 103 of 2009 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2009 byshri om prakash yadav, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth  year of  the republic of india as follows:—1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment)  act, 2009short title amendment of the eighth schedule2 in the eighth schedule to the constitution, entries 3 to 22 shall be re-numbered as entries 4 to 23 and before entry 4 as so re-numbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—5"3 bhojpuri" statement of objects and reasonsbhojpuri language which originated in the gangetic plains of india is a very old and rich language with its origin in the sanskrit language bhojpuri is the mother tongue of a large number of people in eastern uttar pradesh, western bihar, jharkhand and some parts of madhya pradesh as well as in several other countries in mauritius this language is spoken by a large number of people it is estimated that around one hundred forty million people speak bhojpuri bhojpuri films are highly popular in the country and abroad and have deep impact on the hindi film industrybhojpuri language has a rich literature and cultural heritage the great scholar mahapandit rahul sankrityayan wrote some of his works in bhojpuri there have been some other eminent writers of bhojpuri like viveki rai and bhikhari thakur, who is known as the shakespeare of bhojpuri some other eminent writers in hindi such as bhartendu harishchandra, mahavir prasad dwivedi and munshi premchand have been deeply influenced by bhojpuri language bhojpuri language and its literature is gaining new heights because of the efforts of various scholarsmany personalities with bhojpuri background have achieved highest positions in the country various international conferences have been organized to promote bhojpuri at present indira gandhi national open university is planning to start a certificate course in bhojpuri language in uttar pradesh and bihar movements have been initiated to give bhojpuri language its due placebut it is unfortunate that the "bhojpuri" language is yet to find a place in the eighth schedule to the constitutionfor the promotion of literacy and the development of this language, it is necessary that this language be included in the eighth schedule to the constitutionhence this billnew delhi;om prakash yadavnovember 3, 2009 annexure extract from the constitution of india eighth  schedule[articles 344(1) and 351] languages1 assamese 2 bengali 3 bodo 4 dogri 5 gujarati 6 hindi 7 kannada 8 kashmiri 9 konkani10 maithili 11 malayalam 12 manipuri 13 marathi 14 nepali 15 oriya 16 punjabi 17 sanskrit18 santhali 19 sindhi 20 tamil 21 telugu 22 urdu  lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri om prakash yadav, mp)gmgipmrnd—5106ls(s5)—04-12-2009