Urdu is a secular language - Governor (part 1)

Governor of Karnataka H R Bharadwaj said to promote better Indo Pak relations strong religious tolerance is required between Hindus and Muslims in the country.  While addressing the world Urdu meet here on Wednesday December 29, 2010 in Bangalore. 

 He said "The politicisation of cultural values like saying Urdu belongs to only a particular community, is misleading". He termed Urdu language as a secular language which is indepent of religion as well as region. Mr Bharadwaj said the language is lingua franca of the masses in India and had survived through all odds and will continue to thrive. Urdu language has co-existed with several other languages like Kannada, Telugu, Kashmiri, Punjabi, and Hindi in many states across India, he added.

Urdu language originated in the region from New Delhi, he said, adding some vested interest was working against the secular values of Urdu Language.

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