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PDP protests over Urdu, says dropping language as eligibility an ‘attack on Kashmir’s identity’

People’s Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti leads a protest over the protection of the Urdu language outside the PDP headquarters, in Srinagar on April 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday (April 28, 2026) said the Jammu and Kashmir government’s move to drop Urdu as an eligibility for lower and middle-rung posts of the Revenue department was “an attack on culture and identity”.Speaking during a street protest in Srinagar, PDP leader Iltija Mufti, who is also the daughter of party president Mehbooba Mufti, said: “Urdu is...