Punjab CM Amarinder Singh condemns PU for making Urdu foreign language

The Chief Minister of Punjab, Amarinder Singh, took to Twitter on Monday morning to express dismay over Panjab’s University decision to make Urdu a part of the 'School of Foreign Languages'. He stressed on the fact that Urdu is an Indian origin language. Captain Amarinder Singh also emphasized that Urdu is an important and a great language just like all the other original languages of our country. He assured everyone that he will be speaking to the vice-chancellor and senators about this matter. This comes after he met the newly elected student council members of the Panjab university a few weeks ago. 

Amarinder Singh meets the newly elected Student Council members of PU 

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The Indian Language – Urdu 

Urdu is one of the 22 official languages that is recognised by the Constitution of India. Hailing from the same standard register of Hindustani languages, Urdu is also mutually intelligible with Hindi. Urdu enjoys official status in the states of Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and the former state of Jammu and Kashmir. Urdu is also one of the rare languages which is written from right to left.  

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Amarinder Singh calls out CBI 

CM Amarinder Singh, last week, said that the state government of Punjab had no faith in the premier central agency. This came after the CBI requested a new special investigation team that will probe the desecration of religious texts in Bargari, Punjab. The central agency presented their request in front of the Mohali court. Amarinder Singh said, “The decision to hand over the case to a new SIT three months after the CBI had filed a closure report in the court is a clear ploy to delay the probe and stop the state government from taking over it. The state government has no faith in the CBI in the matter of the Bargari sacrilege case.”

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