Archive · 27 Dec 2025
Mehbooba Mufti snaps at journalist for Urdu request
Mehbooba Mufti, a former chief minister, was giving a press conference in Kashmiri.
A journalist asked her to speak in Urdu instead.
She got upset and asked why the journalist doesn't ask other leaders, like the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, to speak in English or Urdu.
She said that Kashmiri journalists should respect the Kashmiri language.
She continued her press conference in Kashmiri.
Mehbooba Mufti snapped at a journalist for asking her to speak in Urdu during a press conference.
She questioned why the journalist doesn't ask Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin to speak in English or Urdu.
Mufti emphasized that Kashmiri journalists should respect the Kashmiri language.
The press conference was held at the PDP headquarters in Srinagar.
Mufti continued her press conference in Kashmiri after the exchange.
- Who
- Mehbooba Mufti, a journalist
- What
- Mehbooba Mufti snapped at a journalist for asking her to speak in Urdu
- When
- December 26
- Where
- Srinagar, at the PDP headquarters
- Why
- The journalist requested her to speak in Urdu, which she found disrespectful to the Kashmiri language
- Person Involved
- Mehbooba Mufti
- Location
- Srinagar
- Date
- December 26
- Organization
- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
- Language Spoken
- Kashmiri
- Request Made
- Speak in Urdu
- Comparison Made
- Tamil Nadu CM speaking in English or Urdu
