The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill under which Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi, apart from the existing Urdu and English, will be the official languages in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. MoS G Kishan Reddy speaking in Lok Sabha (Screengrab via LSTV) Introducing the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020, Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said it was a demand of the people of Jammu and Kashmir that the language they speak should be the official language. The minister pointed out that 53.26 per cent of the population of Jammu and Kashmir speaks the Kashmiri language. Reddy said, "26.64 per cent of the population of the UT speaks Dogri while Urdu, which is currently its official language, is spoken only by 0.16 per cent population there. Still, for the last 70 years, Urdu continues to be the official language of Jammu and Kashmir," he said, adding that 2.36 per cent population in the UT speaks Hindi. Opposing the bill, National Conference MP Hasnain Mas...
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