BJP legislators protested in Jammu against a government order mandating Urdu for naib tehsildar recruitment exams. They deemed the order discriminatory towards Jammu's youth and other official languages. MLAs accused the National Conference of creating unrest and denying opportunities to qualified candidates from the Jammu region.
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