Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 23: Alleging discrimination with Jammu youth, the Yuva Rajput Sabha today staged a protest in support of aspirants for the post of Naib Tehsildar who are opposing Urdu language as mandatory to appear in the examination.
YRS also lent support to the outstanding athletes who are fighting for jobs under the SRO in the Government sectors.
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Shouting slogans, the members of Yuva Rajput Sabha, led by its president Vikram Singh, also joined by the Naib Tehsildar recruitment aspirants and outstanding sports persons, staged protest and blocked one of the busiest River Tawi bridge connecting North and South Jammu, here this morning.
Holding placards, the Yuva Rajput Sabha leaders staged a sit-in at Maharaja Hari Singh statue on the bridge demanding justice for the aspirants. They lashed out at the Jammu and Kashmir Government alleging that such decisions are not in the interest of the youth.
“We are not against the Urdu language but it should not be mandatory for the candidates appearing in the examination because languages like Hindi, English, Dogri and Kashmiri are also included as official languages in the Government,” said Vikram Singh.
He reminded that the official languages of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are Kashmiri, Dogri, Urdu, Hindi, and English and are designated for use in all official purposes of the Union Territory, as per the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020.
The protesting Yuva Rajput Sabha leaders also supported the concern of outstanding sports persons of Jammu and Kashmir waiting for the release of the selection list under SO 12.
“Today it is International Olympic Day but our athletes are observing it as a ‘Black Day’ because the outstanding sports persons already named in the provisional select list under SO 12, are still waiting for the release of the final list,” said Rajan Singh Happy, former president of YRS, adding that more than 200 athletes are to be absorbed in the Government departments under Sports Policy but till date nothing has been done.
Terming the decisions anti-Jammu and biased, the Yuva Rajput Sabha has demanded justice for these aspirants.
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