Taking strong notice of excluding the Punjabi language
from the J&K Official Languages Bill, the apex Sikh body Shiromani Gurdwara
Parbandhak Committee has appealed the Indian government to reconsider its move.
Longowal has said that hundreds of thousands of J&K
residents speak Punjabi language and neglecting it as an official language of
J&K can’t be justified. “The Indian government has hurt sentiments of all
the Punjabi speaking residents of J&K,” he added.
The J&K Sikhs are already being denied the minority
status in J&K but now the Indian government has once again subjected them
to an unjust move.
It is noteworthy here that the BJP led Indian government
is restructuring the administrative setup of J&K after making it a Union
Territory of India against the wish of the state’s natives.
On September 2, the Indian government approved a draft
legislation to make Urdu, Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi, and English official
languages of J&K while ousting Punjabi. The Indian government is likely to
present this bill in the Indian parliament during the monsoon session beginning
on September 14.
https://www.sikh24.com/2020/09/04/sgpc-condemns-exclusion-of-punjabi-language-from-the-jk-official-languages-bill/#.X1MKa1UzbIU
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