Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, June 25: Bharatiya Gujjar Mahasabaha, State president, Eshfaq-ur-Rehman Poswal, today called on Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh and demanded starting of recruitment drive of Gujjar and Bakkerwal youth in the security forces.
Poswal highlighted several problems of the Gujjars and Bakkerwals of J&K and demanded immediate steps from the Union Government to address the long pending issues of these downtrodden communities.
He informed Rajnath Singh that Gujjar and Bakkerwal communities reside in far flung and inaccessible areas and as such don’t have access to education.
He demanded that special recruitment drives should be started for the youth of these communities in the areas like Kupwara, Tangdhar, Macchal, Lolab, Keran, Rajouri, Poonch and other far off areas.
He also informed the Union Home Minister that these communities despite all odds and militancy threats, are nationalist to the core and peace loving people. In this regard, Poswal demanded from him that special focus should be given by the Central Government to these communities in the field of education, development and employment opportunities.
He also requested Rajnath Singh to visit some of the area inhabited by these Backward communities so that he could have on spot assessment of the problems being faced by these communities. He said that this would help in better understanding of the problems of these communities and for formulating welfare schemes in future.
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