Induction of Urdu in Naib Tehsildar Exam unconstitutional and unacceptable: Arun Prabhat
Jammu, 22 June 2025: Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) held a press conference at party headquarters, Trikuta Nagar, in strong opposition to the Jammu and Kashmir Government’s controversial decision to include Urdu as a compulsory subject in the recently notified Naib Tehsildar recruitment 2025. During his address Arun Prabhat lambasted the current National Conference government for intentionally killing the spirit of equal opportunity and meritocracy. This biased decision reveals a mindset which for decades kept Jammu and Kashmir’s issues burning, using the region selectively to further their narrative.
Over the past 75 years, this would be exploited by many, in ways more than one. We are all witness to how Urdu derived from Persian has affected the revenue records in Jammu and Kashmir. Majority of people in Jammu and Kashmir, some of whom claim to be well-versed with Urdu, fail to be well-versed with the land record, leading to corruption by some black sheep in the government departments.
Referring to the discriminatory intentions and biased deeds of the National Conference in the past, he reminded the Naib Tehsildar’s recruitment process of 2008, when the selected candidate’s list had been deliberately withheld. The selected candidates had been provided justice through judiciary as result of which their seniority was delayed by one and half years. Exhibiting a biased stance again in 2019’s Naib Tehsildar’s recruitment, conducted by the Jammu Kashmir Services Selection Board, 126 out of 817 candidates failed due to the Urdu paper 122 of them were from the Jammu region.
He further questioned that if there is no Urdu language eligibility criteria for Tehsildar, Sub Divisional Magistrate, Assistant Commissioner Revenue and Divisional Commissioner who directly deals with the revenue related matters in the UT, then why is it compulsory for the Naib Tehsildar’s recruitment. This exhibits the biased intent of the NC government.
In his concluding remarks he cautioned the current government of Jammu Kashmir which is being led by chief minister Omar Abdullah, that if this biased decision has not been taken back, the protests which are being performed since 10th of June, will be intensified and take a form of a mass agitation and this fight for justice will not take pause until the justice is delivered to the youth of Jammu Kashmir. He also condemned the mum stance of the cabinet minister namely Surinder Chaudhary and Satish Sharma who unfortunately represent Jammu province.
Others who were present among others were Monu Slathia, Kanav Sharma, Rajat Manhas, Luv Deval Sharma, Rohit Mehra, Rajat Sharma, Nitesh Sharma and others.
