new delhi in a bid to woo purvanchali voters before the upcoming assembly election the delhi government on monday announced that it will include maithili as an optional language in government schools the government also said it will start coaching classes for maithili for students opting for it in the uspc examinations give awards to maithili and bhojpuri writers and artistes and hold cultural events to promote the languages around 25 of the 70 assembly segments in delhi are dominated by purvanchali voters who are playing an increasingly important role in the capitals politics in 2015 aap had won all the purvanchali seatsmaithili will be taught as an optional language in delhi schools from class 8 to class 12 students of delhi would now be able to learn maithili as an optional subject like urdu and punjabi said deputy chief minister manish sisodia at a press conferencehe further said that the aap government has decided to arrange free coaching for the students who appear in competitive exams like civil services with maithili as an optional subject they will get coaching for the exams we have done the experiment with sanskrit and have got good results the maithilibhojpuri academy will arrange for the free coaching for the students sisodia saidthe government is also working to develop maithili font presently there is no font for the maithili language the delhi government has taken a major step to develop a font for maithili the government is in touch with punebased cdac for the same we will get cdac to make maithili font and then will give it to the users he saidin the last few decades the national capital witnessed settlement of large number of migrants from bihar and uttar pradesh which slowly altered the demography of the city putting those who once moved to the city with hope of a better future in a politicallycrucial positionthese communities cherish their culture and languages the most and are emotionally attached with them the aap government is trying to establish a link with this emotion to win their hearts and trustthere was no scheme till now to felicitate those who have contributed richly to the languages maithili and bhojpuri the delhi government has decided to felicitate such people from the field of maithili and bhojpuri also on the lines of languages like urdu hindi punjabi etc now there would be awards for those who work for maithili bhojpuri arts culture journalism theatre etc sisodia statedunder this a fiveday maithilibhojpuri festival will be held in the first or second week of november at connaught placemaithili is included in the 8th schedule of the constitution but bhojpuri is not included even if i want to introduce bhojpuri in schools as an optional language i cant no student can take bhojpuri as an optional language in any of the competitive examinations for the same reason even if an mp wants to take oath in bhojpuri heshe cant the present central government when it came to power for