Srinagar, 12 June (H.S.): Leader of Opposition (LoP) in J&K Assembly and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sunil Sharma on Thursday requested J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to make the Working Knowledge of Urdu language non-mandatory for Naib Tehsildar examination.
The LoP, accompanied by BJP J&K President Sat Paul Sharma, called on the Lieutenant Governor, today.
An official spokesman said Sunil Sharma sought the Lieutenant Governor’s intervention into the issue of Naib Tehsildar aspirants and requested him to make the Working Knowledge of Urdu language non-mandatory for Naib Tehsildar examination.
He highlighted that making working knowledge of one language mandatory, given the UT of J&K’s five official languages, violates the constitutional principles of equal opportunity and administrative impartiality, and it creates an unfair barrier, particularly disadvantaging aspirants from the Jammu Division.
The senior BJP leaders also requested the Lieutenant Governor to translate government documents and procedures into all the official languages of J&K UT.
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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar
