Overview

• The J&K Services Selection Board on June 9 issued a notification requiring working knowledge of Urdu for 75 Naib Tehsildar posts.
• On June 12, BJP leader Sunil Sharma met Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to demand that the Urdu criterion be made non-mandatory as it allegedly hampers equal opportunity.
• PDP’s Naeem Akhtar and Waheed Para cautioned that eliminating the Urdu requirement would undermine a 130-year-old administrative and cultural tradition in Jammu and Kashmir.
• The National Conference has remained silent on the BJP’s proposal, leaving the government’s response unsettled.
• PDP has urged the administration to resist BJP pressure, highlighting tensions between Jammu and Kashmir over language policy.