By Admin 
Delhi university admission form: A big controversy has arisen regarding the undergraduate admission form of Delhi University (DU). It is alleged that ‘Urdu’ has been removed from the option of ‘mother tongue’ in the registration form of the university and instead ‘Muslim’ has been included as mother tongue.
This is not only a violation of the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, but has become a matter of deep concern for many teachers and students.
What is the whole matter?
In the admission form of Delhi University, where students are usually asked their mother tongue, ‘Urdu’ is missing this time and ‘Muslim’ is shown as a language. Teachers and experts allege that this is not only wrong, but a particular community is being targeted.
Along with this, ‘Bihari’, ‘Chamar’, ‘Mazdoor’, ‘Dehati’, ‘Mochi’, ‘Kurmi’ etc. have also been written in the column of mother tongue.
Professor Rudrashish Chakraborty’s statement
Rudrashish Chakraborty has reacted sharply by Rudrashish Chakraborty, Associate Professor of Kirorimal College and elected member of Duta (Delhi University Teachers’ Association). He said, “If this is madness, then it has a well-planned scheme. This step of the university is clearly communal. Removing Urdu is not just to remove one language, it is an attempt to erase the shared culture and literature that Urdu has created.”
He also said that DU officials probably believe that Urdu is only the language of Muslims, so he added ‘Muslim’ as a language instead of ‘Urdu’. This is not only ridiculous, but is an attempt to prove the country’s largest minority population ‘second’ or ‘separate’.
Linguistic mistake or deliberate lapse?
Abha Dev Habib, a DU professor and leader of teachers, said, “This form is going to be filled by more than 3 lakh students. This collapse of DU is being done in a planned manner. It is against the Constitution. Urdu is included in recognized languages in the eighth schedule of India’s Constitution. In such a situation, it can be considered against the constitution as a mother tongue.”
Professor Dev Habib further states that it is not only an insult to the language ‘Urdu’ recorded in the eighth schedule of the Constitution, but it shows a communal mentality towards the particular community. He said, does the University of Delhi not understand that Muslims also speak languages just like other people in their region? The question is arising how a central university can make such a mistake. This is not only considered ignorance, but is also seen as a deliberate communal tampering.
Rudrashish Chakraborty also said that the DU administration should first get basic information of English. He told that the correct word for ‘mother tongue’ in English is ‘Native language’, not ‘mother tongue’. ‘Mother Tongue’ is a common colloquial word, but it is wrong to write it in an official form.
This move of Delhi University has not only displeased academics, but has given rise to a big debate – has educational institutions now start discriminating in the name of languages and communities? At present, the DU administration has not given clarification about this matter.