Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 27: Varinderjeet Singh, vice-president, Jammu and Kashmir BJP, has accused Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of disrespecting Punjab and Punjabiyat through its decision of removing Punjabi as medium in conducting competitive exams of Punjab Service Commission (PSC).
Reacting to the decision of the Punjab AAP Government under Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann not to continue with Punjabi in a medium language, Varinderjeet Singh said that such an approach to the mother tongue of Punjabis is insult to Punjabi and Punjabiyat. He said that Punjabi has been official language in Punjab and till now it used to be accepted as medium language. The holy “Guru Granth Sahib” has been written in Punjabi, which serves as most comfortably understood language connecting Sikhs with their religion. The entire Sikh community is feeling badly insulted by the action of APP in Punjab.
Varinderjeet Singh said that AAP Government has already stopped teaching Punjabi in Delhi School, besides having closed recruitment of Punjabi teachers. He said that the same AAP in Delhi removed a Sikh Minister from its cabinet.
Demanding immediate restoration of Punjabi as a language of medium of PSC in Punjab, the BJP leader said that AAP should also seek apology from the Sikh community for hurting their emotional inclination towards Punjabi language.
Varinderjeet Singh asked the Sikh leaders in AAP to openly oppose this decision of the Government. He reminded the people that AAP in J&K had been on roads demanding Punjabi to be declared as official language in J&K after abrogation of Article 370 and reorganization of the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir, but when in power in Punjab and Delhi, it is working on different line, which exposes its double speak on important issues.
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