Sopore, Oct 04 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather has said the government is working on a mechanism to facilitate the use of Kashmiri language in the House, admitting that the absence of translators is proving to be a hurdle for legislators wishing to speak in their mother tongue.
Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather made the remarks here on Sunday while responding to questions on the issue, days after a legislator was told during the autumn session that his remarks in Kashmiri would not be recorded.
"The government has to look into many angles. Currently we don't have any translator in the Assembly, which often becomes a hurdle in speaking in Kashmiri. Efforts are on to address this concern in future," Rather told news agency Kashmir News Service (KNS).
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Seeking to set the record straight, the Speaker said he had not stopped any member from speaking in Kashmiri. "I told those who tried to speak — speak, but it can't be recorded as we don't have a translator in the Assembly currently," he said.
During the recently held autumn session, legislator Mubarak Gul raised an issue in Kashmiri but was informed that his remarks would not be recorded in the absence of a translator in the House.
The Speaker was here as chief guest at 'Youm-e-Meeras', a programme held as a tribute to late Atiqa Bano's contribution through the Meeras Mahal Museum in Sopore. (KNS)
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