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JAMMU, Jul 14: The BJP legislative party on Monday staged a protest outside the Civil Secretariat and Assembly here, demanding the revocation of a government order mandating Urdu as a compulsory language for the Naib Tehsildar recruitment examination in Jammu and Kashmir.
\nThe BJP has been opposing the move across Jammu for over three weeks, holding protests and rallies across at the district level. The part has warned of launching a region-wide agitation if the order is not withdrawn.
\nThe MLAs of the saffron party arrived at the Civil Secretariat in the morning and staged a dharna, calling the order discriminatory and detrimental to the interests of Jammu\u2019s youth.
\nCarrying placards highlighting injustice against Jammu\u2019s youth, Dogras and other official languages of the union territory, the BJP leaders raised slogans against the government and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah, accusing the part of trying to create unrest in the region.
\n\u201cWe are staging a dharna against the decision to make Urdu mandatory for Naib Tehsildar examinations in Jammu and Kashmir, which is not acceptable to us,\u201d BJP MLA and former minister Sham Lal Sharma said.
\nHe said, \u201cKashmir-centric parties, particularly the National Conference, have been discriminating against this region for decades. This is a fresh example of it.\u201d Taking a swipe at the National Conference governments for decades-long discrimination against Jammu and its people, he said \u201cwe thought their discriminatory approach had changed after 2019, but it continues even today.\u201d Issuing such an order is a clear attempt to deny jobs to Jammu\u2019s youth in the examination. It also discriminates against other official languages, he alleged.
\n\u201cBy making Urdu mandatory for such important posts in the government, the NC rulers have overruled previous provisions where knowing the language Urdu was not compulsory,\u201d Sharma further said.
\n\u201cWe are holding protests to get it revoked. Youth are already on the streets protesting. The matter has been brought to the notice of the Lieutenant Governor as well and memorandums have been submitted through deputy commissioners, but nothing has been done so far,\u201d he said.
\nSharma said that 14 BJP MLAs had even met Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over the issue. \u201cHis apparoch was positive. Still, no action has been taken, and tomorrow is the last day to apply for the posts.\u201d \u201cThey are trying to create unrest in Jammu and are forcing us to go on agitation. All 28 BJP MLAs have started it with today\u2019s two-hour-long token dharna,\u201d he added.
\nThe former minister further said that the party will soon announce its next course of action.
\n\u201cWe are warning the government not to play with the sentiments of the people of Jammu, who are fed up with the discriminatory attitude of Kashmir-centric rulers,\u201d he said.
\nOther BJP MLAs also warned of an agitation if the Urdu language requirement is not withdrawn for the examination advertised by the government.
\n\u201cMaking Urdu a compulsory subject in recruitment for Naib Tehsildars is a gross injustice to the youth of the Jammu region,\u201d BJP MLA Yudhvir Sethi said, adding that such injustice will not be tolerated.
\nThe MLAs strongly opposed the decision and said it was a \u201cdeliberate attempt\u201d to marginalise the youth of the Jammu region.
\n\u201cThis is a calculated move to deprive Jammu\u2019s youth of equal opportunities,\u201d Sethi added.
\nThe imposition of Urdu, he said, reflects the divisive and exclusionary policies once pursued by the Omar Abdullah-led government.
\n\u201cWe will not allow the repetition of such injustice,\u201d he said and added that the move is a clear violation of equal status accorded to multiple official languages, including Dogri, Hindi, Kashmiri, Urdu, and English.<\/p>\n

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