Former Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi Tuesday said Urdu language does not belong to any religion and linking it to Muslim community was wrong as people irrespective of different religions speak it.
In his address at the seventh convocation of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) here, Quraishi said, "Urdu is linked to Muslims and Islam... this is very wrong.. Urdu language is born in India. Urdu has grown in India..
it does not belong to any religion... people from different religions follow it... we have to remember this."
"This not a matter of pride.. it is a matter of shame and hence we had started the voter education programme."
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