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Feb 3 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Just heard @MahuaMoitra speech. Amongst the plethora of lies she peddled, I heard her saying ‘Govt replaced Urdu as first and official language of Jammu and Kashmir with Hindi”. Does Mahua know anything about J&K? Urdu is an imposition on people of J&K. Urdu is not our language.
And @MahuaMoitra, I invite you to read a few books and speak to few people from my state of J&K. Our languages are primarily Kashmiri, Dogri and many other languages and dialects. Urdu is not our language. Ask yourself why Urdu was imposed on us?
Think about this @MahuaMoitra in your state of Bengal, Urdu is imposed and you are forced to read, write and do your official work in Urdu. What will happen? Oh wait. Just look at Bangladesh and you will know what happens when languages not native to a place are imposed.
Also @MahuaMoitra let me enlighten you with what has really happened in J&K. Hindi has not been replaced anything. Rather Kashmiri language - my language - has been for the first time given recognition officially after 7 decades.
Next time @MahuaMoitra you speak about J&K, please get your facts right. Actually just get your facts right about everything. Sounding agitated and making all kinds of gesticulations does not and cannot replace the content that is lacking in your speech.

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