Students get angry over ignoring Hindi and Sanskrit
Jammu and Kashmir students protest against Omar Abdullah National Conference government But linguistic discrimination Protested strongly on the streets alleging on tuesday Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Hundreds of students took out a protest march under the leadership of Tawi Bridge on Jammu Highway They blocked the road and sat on strike. Students allege that recently Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) Issued by Recruitment notification for 10+2 lecturer posts Hindi and Sanskrit have been deliberately sidelined.
Accused of promoting foreign languages
Protesting students attacked the government foreign languages like Arabic and Persian Accused of giving priority to He said that Hindi and Sanskrit, which national languages and are part of our cultural identity, they conspiracy Is being neglected.
ABVP leaders Surinder Singh said,
“The present government is doing regional and linguistic discrimination. This is a direct attack on our civilization and identity. We will not tolerate this.”
He also said, “We are not against any language, but promoting languages like Arabic and Persian while ignoring Hindi and Sanskrit is injustice to our culture.”
battle of cultural identity
ABVP women leader Anita Devi said during the demonstration that this is not just an issue of the recruitment process, but battle of cultural identity Is. He said, “The government is deliberately ignoring our languages. This is an attempt to erase our culture and we will not accept it under any circumstances.”
Lack of Hindi and Sanskrit in 575 posts
The main anger of the protesters JKPSC notification released on 12th November was about, in which 575 teaching posts Despite the advertisement of hindi and sanskrit Lecturer posts were not included. students it Discrimination giving an agreement Education Minister Sakina Itu And put the Omar Abdullah government in the dock.
One of the protesting students said,
“This is the result of a Kashmir-centric policy, which is doing injustice to the students of Jammu. We will not accept this quietly. We warn the government that this discrimination will not continue any longer.”
Protestors arrested, police efforts failed
during the performance Police and Administration Senior officials of the IAS tried to pacify the students and asked them to picket removal Appealed to. However, the protesters did not agree, after which the police arrested many students. taken into custodyDespite this, the students’ protests continued.
BJP also opposed the government
Many political organizations including BJP also condemned the Omar Abdullah government. BJP MLA Vikram Randhawa made it Injustice to the youth of Jammu agreed and the government Kashmir-centric policies But raised questions.
He said,
“The Omar government has ignored the expectations of the youth of Jammu as soon as it came to power. We will not tolerate this.”
Demand for Hindi and Sanskrit
By Vikram Randhawa JKPSC demanded that for Hindi 200 postsAnd Dogri, Punjabi and Sanskrit For at least 20 posts Regional languages should be given proper representation.