Urdu in the Crosshairs: PDP Warns Against BJP’s ‘Communal Lens’ on Kashmir’s Linguistic Identity

Urdu in the Crosshairs: PDP Warns Against BJP’s “Communal Lens” on Kashmir’s Linguistic Identity

Urdu in Kashmir: PDP Warns of Dangerous Communal Trend as BJP Celebrates Language Row Verdict By: Javid Amin | Srinagar | 15 July 2025 As tensions in Jammu & Kashmir continue to rise over governance, memory, and democratic process, a new fault line has emerged—language. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in a strong statement on Tuesday, accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of weaponizing language for communal gain, after the BJP celebrated a court decision removing Urdu as a mandatory qualification for the naib tehsildar (revenue officer) posts in J&K.…

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