Punjab CM writes to PM for Punjabi's inclusion in Jammu and Kashmir official languages list
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention for the inclusion of Punjabi in the official list of languages of Jammu and Kashmir.
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Captain Amarinder Singh urged him to advise the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to reconsider and review the official list and include Punjabi also as one of the official languages in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Captain Amarinder Singh pointed out that J&K was a part of Punjab during the era of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, with Punjabi one of the vernacular language of the region.
"When J&K came into existence as an Independent State, Punjabi was a widely spoken language in the State and is now the mother tongue of all the Punjabis in the Jammu region, besides being spoken by the Punjabi community living in Kashmir Valley," he wrote.
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He further pointed out that under the Jammu and Kashmir Languages Bill, 2020 which was passed by both the Houses of Parliament with a voice vote in September 2020, Kashmiri, Dogri, and Hindi were included in the list of official languages in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, in addition to the existing Urdu and English.
Unfortunately, Punjabi was not included in the list of languages that are not just official languages now of the UT but will also be taught in schools as compulsory subjects.
-PTC News
