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JAMMU: Lashing out at power hungry BJP ministers for maintaining criminal silence over the assault on secular Dogra identity, Team Jammu on Thursday asked the ruling PDP-BJP Coalition Government not to check the patience of Dogra people and warned any move to impose Kashmiri language in Jammu colleges will have serious ramifications.
“The BJP leadership, particularly its ministers in the ruling coalition, are no good than paper tigers. They have shamelessly surrendered before the Kashmiri leadership and the recent decision of higher education to go ahead with its dangerous move of imposing Kashmiri language is a clear reflection of it,” said Zorawar Singh Jamwal, Chairman of Team Jammu while addressing a meeting of members of Team Jammu, that was conevened to discuss day to day developments over the sensitive issue of imposition of Kashmir language in Jammu colleges.
He warned of dire consequences for issuing a government order for introduction of Kashmiri language as subject in one of the Jammu University affiliated government degree colleges.
“With the connivance of Kashmiri leadership, the power hungry BJP ministers are hell bent to wipe out Dogra heritage and culture”, Zorawar said and added allowing imposition of Kashmiri in degree colleges was the first step in this direction.
“Since 1947, a deep rooted conspiracy has constantly been hatched by the successive State Governments to erode Dogra identity”, he said and regretted, “Unfortunately BJP leaders, who claimed themselves to be champions of Jammu’s cause, have become part of the sinister designs of Kashmiri rulers to dismantle Dogra heritage”.
Giving a clear warning to BJP leaders, to whom people of Jammu have suffixed with the title of ‘Jammu’s Jaichands’, Jamwal said that those bartering wishes and aspirations of the people of Jammu would be given a befitting reply in the next elections.
“BJP leaders should keep in mind they are peoples’ representatives and they were voted by the people to protect Jammu’s aspirations”, he said and added that taking Jammu far granted would be proved disastrous for BJP and other leaders.
Pointing towards today’s order issued by the Higher Education Department in which 49 posts of Assistant Professors have been “reserved” for Dogra language, Zorawar said that this order was nothing but an eye-wash to befool the people.
“Come what may, we will not allow imposition of Kashmiri language in Jammu province. We want to make it clear that any such move will put the entire Jammu on fire if the ruling coalition does not revoke its previous notification of introducing Kashmiri languages in Jammu colleges,” Team Jammu chairman said.
Among others present on the occasion included Surinder Sharma, Yogesh Kumar, Narinder Sharma, Naveen Gupta, Sunil Raipuria, Sachin Jamwal, Rajesh Kapoor, Chandan Datta, Sumit Dasgotra, Laadi Sharma, Sanjay Sharma, Sunil Gupta and Guga Verma.
