Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 28: The Kerala government has decided to pursue with the Centre its demand for according classical status for Malayalam language, State Minister for Education and Culture M A Baby said today.
The International Dravidan Language Study Centre here has been asked to prepare necessary documents to support the request, Baby said while replying to a calling attention motion in the assembly.
An all party delegation led by Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan and Opposition leader Oommen Chandy had a few months ago submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the matter, Baby said.
The Prime Minister had assured the delegation that Centre would favourably consider the request, he said.
The Government also plans to hold a 'Malayalam language convention', similar to the one conducted by Tamil Nadu government for Tamil language. The date of the convention will be decided later, he said.