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SRINAGAR: Former Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah raised questions over the move the Jammu and Kashmir government’s order in which it has been ordered that schools, colleges and public libraries in the state has to procure “sufficient number of copies” of Bhagwat Geeta and Ramayan’s Urdu translation.

Omar wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter, “Why just the Gita & Ramayana? If religious texts are to be placed in schools, collages & government libraries (and I’m not convinced that they need/should be) then why is it being done selectively? Why are other religions being ignored?”

Why just the Gita & Ramayana? If religious texts are to be placed in schools, collages & government libraries (and I’m not convinced that they need/should be) then why is it being done selectively? Why are other religions being ignored? pic.twitter.com/UqxMG0NpMJ

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) October 22, 2018

“The School Education Department, Higher Education Department, Director Colleges, Director Libraries and Culture Department will consider purchasing sufficient number of copies each of Urdu version of “Shrimad Bhagwat-Geeta” and “Koshur Ramayan” authored by Shri Sarwanand Premi for making these available in Schools/ Colleges and public libraries etc. of the State,” reads an order dated October 22,2018.

The order says the decision was taken at a meeting chaired by one of Governor Satya Pal Malik’s advisors on October 4.

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Omar questions ‘why just the Gita & Ramayana?’ in schools, colleges