Samajwadi Party leaders teach their children in English schools; but they want people’s children to learn Urdu !

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath lashes out at Urdu-loving Samajwadi Party in the Assembly

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) – Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday slammed the Samajwadi Party for demanding translation of House proceedings in Urdu as well, saying they send their children to English medium schools but want others’ children to learn Urdu and become “maulvis”. On the first day of the Budget Session, the House witnessed a heated exchange between him and SP leader Mata Prasad Pandey who demanded Urdu translation after Speaker Satish Mahana announced it would be available in four regional languages; Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Braj and Bundeli as well as English.

Pandey’s objection to including English and demand for Urdu translation irked the chief minister who accused the Samajwadi Party of having double-standard.

“They send their children to English medium schools but when the government wants to extend this opportunity to others’ children, they (SP leaders) say ‘teach them Urdu’, they want to make these children maulvis. They want to take the country towards fanaticism (kathmulla-pan),” Adityanath said.

Editorial Perspective

Urdu is a foreign language and has no benefit in the country or abroad. Party leaders who advocate it should be sent to Islamic countries.