BJP protests against compulsory Urdu for Naib Tehsildar posts

Jammu, Jun 30: Senior leaders and party cadre of the J&K Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday held a protest demonstration at Dr B R Ambedkar Chowk (Panama Chowk), Jammu against the recent UT Government’s decision to make Urdu language compulsory for the newly advertised Naib Tehsildar posts.

The protest saw widespread participation from six organizational districts of BJP, namely Jammu; Jammu South; Jammu North; Jammu Border; Akhnoor and Kashmir Displaced.

The BJP leaders charged the government with regional and linguistic discrimination. They alleged that such moves were reminiscent of the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference (NC) government’s biased and Kashmir-centric policies, which persistently ignored the interests of Jammu and its youth.

Former Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta; DDC chairperson Bharat Bhushan and BJP secretary and MLA Arvind Gupta participated in the protest.