*JKNS/Dr Darakhshan Andrabi thanks Central Government for approving her proposal of five official languages for J&K*
“This decision of the central government is the acknowledgment of the diversity of J&K”: Andrabi
Chairperson of Waqf Development Committee of Union Minority Affairs Ministry and BJP Spokesperson Dr Darakhshan Andrabi today thanked Central government for accepting her proposal of approving Urdu, Hindi, Kashmiri, Dogri & English as the official languages for J&K. She thanked Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Home Minister Shri Amit Shah, I&B Minister Shri Prakash Javdekar and Minister of State in PMO Dr Jitendra Singh for respecting her unique proposal for including five languages as official languages for J&K. “This is a historical decision of the visionary cabinet of Prime Minster of India. There were many numerous in J&K in print & electronic media and social media about the official language bias being propagated to divide people. I had submitted an elaborate proposal to the Union government which I am happy was accepted on merit,” said Dr Darakhshan. She said that this decision is undoubtedly the GOI’s respect to the diversity of the unit called J&K.