Govt order on Dogri mere window dressing: Harsh

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 4: Questioning the terminology used by the Department of Higher Education in Govt order No. 453 HE of 2017 dated 03-08-2017 to quell the voice of Jammu people seeking introduction of Dogri subject in Degree Colleges, Harsh Dev Singh JKNPP Chairman and former Minister expressed his apprehensions about the real intentions of the Coalition Government.
Pointing towards the use of word “reserved” in the aforesaid order, Singh said that it did not carry any meaning until and unless these “reserved” posts were converted to Dogri. He said that even legally no benefit could accrue by merely using the words “reserved” without formally assigning and converting these posts into Dogri. He said that it was not merely a matter of satisfaction of people of Jammu region but even the legal formalities would remain incomplete and inconclusive without conversion of the said reserved 49 posts into Dogri.
Describing the August 3 order as a mere window dressing for the gullible, Harsh Dev Singh castigated the BJP leaders in particulars whose half hearted and apathetic approach towards Jammu had pushed the Dogras to terminal decline. He said that despite BJP being an equal partner in the Government, the people of Jammu were being given one shock after the other. He said that BJP leadership needed to explain to the Jammu people as to whether they did not understand the difference between “reserved” and “converted” or else it is a part of their sinister strategy to keep their Kashmir Masters in good humour.
Agreeing for the sake of arguments that the incumbent Government wanted to introduce vernacular language in Degree Colleges, Singh argued as to why and how the Dogri and Punjabi languages continued be ignored forcing the people to come to the streets. And why other regional languages including Gojri, Gaddi, Sippi, Bhaderwahi etc continued to be ignored despite they being spoken by a vast majority as against Kashmiri which hardly has its roots in Jammu except a few migrants who too have been settled in Jammu with a design rued Harsh. He said that while all languages needed to be respected and honoured, the 49 new posts of Kashmiri need to be assigned to Kashmir and Jammu region educational institutions be provided with their own vernacular languages and subjects.

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