Srinagar: Launching a scathing attack on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday accused the party of peddling “lies” regarding the status of Urdu to distract public attention from their “political alliance” with the BJP.
Addressing recent allegations that the government intended to drop Urdu as a subject, Abdullah made it clear that the administration had merely sought public feedback on a departmental proposal that had been lying on his table.
Hitting out at the PDP, Abdullah said, “May Allah protect us from these (PDP) people, who do not see the difference between truth and lies. Unfortunately, the leaders of this Jamaat (PDP) and this Jamaat do not see anything other than lies.”
PDP leader Iltija Mufti said Abdullah is doing what the Lieutenant Governor administration and the BJP government have not done over the past few years.
“What didn’t happen in the Dogra rule and what the BJP didn’t do here, the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference is doing now. He is trying to remove Urdu from the collective memory, history, and culture of J&K,” said Mufti, who lost her first assembly election from her native town of Bijbehara in October 2024.
