Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 28: Aarakshan Virodhi Party (AVP) and Aarakshan Virodhi Manch (AVM) today demanded to end the existing system of reservation.
Addressing a joint press conference of AVP and AVM here at Geeta Bhawan, Sat Pal Sharma, AVP president, said that unreserved categories have been relegated due to reserving everything in this so called secular country from education to loans and jobs to promotion.
“As a result unreserved categories are finding themselves on the margin of social spectrum. The discontentment has reached to an uneasy level and manifestation of the outburst has been witnessed at several places across the country; unreserved have began to raise their voice against caste based discrimination and have formed their organizations (social and political)”, he added.
Ram Paul Seth, an AVM leader said that the Jats in Haryana, Gujjars in Rajasthan and Patel in Gujarat demand OBC status and reservations. Likewise many other ethnic groups are also likely to demand OBC status, he said adding the country is going to face hard time as discrimination on the basis of caste, religion and region has been causing a big worry to the talented youth being ignored due to reservation.
“Today’s situation demands ending the existing system of reservation because every left out ethnic group has been demanding reservation and bringing those ethnic groups in the reserved category has the potential of triggering huge ethnic conflicts in the country”, he rued and appealed the people of general category to support them economically and personally for this movement against caste based reservation.
He alleged that due to caste based reservation general category youths and poor people are suffering and demanded special support measures for the poor, needy and deserving people of all castes and religions.
He disclosed that AVM will pay tribute on September 24 to the Martyrs of 1990 who had sacrificed their lives against Mandal Commission.
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