Srinagar, Sept. 24 -- Inclusion of Kashmiri, Dogri, and Hindi in the list of official languages of Jammu and Kashmir, in addition to the existing Urdu and English, has generated assorted arguments in the erstwhile state.

INTRODUCTIONof Kashmiri, Dogri, and Hindi as official languages of Jammu and Kashmir has strong political connotations, said Mir Tariq Rasool, former Secretary J&K Adbe Markaz Kamraz (AMK) and Patron Kashmir Literary and philosophical foundation.

According to him, the new language billhas disseminated respect to the sense of identity among Hindi/Dogri-speaking people, but for Kashmiri-speaking people "it is nothing but a political trick", as the government, he said, is trying to introduce Devanagari script for Kashmiri ...