14 BJP MLAs meet CM, stresses to make Urdu non-compulsory for post of NT, other issues

A high-level delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), comprising 14 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), met with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at his office in Srinagar. The delegation comprising BJP National Secretary Dr. Narinder Singh, BJP Vice-Presidents Sham Lal Sharma, Yudhvir Sethi, and, Shakti Parihar, General Secretary Dr. D.K. Manyal, and MLAs Chander Prakash Ganga, B.S. Mankotia, Pawan Gupta, Vikram Randhawa, Prof. Gharu Ram, Baldev Sharma, Satish Sharma, Dr. Sunil Bhardwaj, and Surinder Bhagat presented strong objections to recent administrative decisions that have triggered widespread concern among the public.

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At the forefront of the discussion was the controversial and divisive advertisement marking Urdu a compulsory qualification for the post of Naib Tehsildar.

The BJP leaders condemned this move as regressive, exclusionary, and in direct contradiction to the spirit of linguistic diversity enshrined in the Constitution, especially after the recognition of five official languages in J&K i.e. Hindi, Dogri, English, Urdu, and Kashmiri under the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020.