Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 19: A meeting of J&K BJP ST Morcha was held here.
The meeting was presided over by National Sangathak V Satish who is Incharge of SC/ST Parliamentary Committee Delhi. Ashok Kaul J&K BJP General Secretary (Org), Abdul Ganie Kohli Former Minister, who has been recently nominated Prabhari J&K ST Morcha and UT President ST Chowdhary Haroon also addressed the meeting.
In the meeting, Vice-Presidents, General Secretary and other office barriers of JK ST Morcha were present and General Secretary Choudhary Roshan Hussain, Vice-Presidents Mohammad Rafiq, Mukhtar Ahmad, State Secretary Hashim Din Jaliya, Chowdhary Mohd Riaz and others also spoke on the occasion. All the members said the J&K BJP ST Morcha should be more involved in different development and other programmes of G&B Community.
They said that while making coordination committee for the development of Gujjars and Bakkarwals, responsible community members must be consulted and taken into confidence. It was also requested that the members while making decisions should consider the whole of J&K in decisions and equal emphasis be given on both the regions of Jammu and Kashmir and responsible representatives be considered while making decisions respecting all the regions including Jammu.
V Satish assured that their concerns will be taken with UT and Center authorities.
Ashok Kaul assured that their matters will be taken with the concerned authorities while deliberating. He advised that this problem will be overcome shortly by asking Government authority to look after the concerns as raised by officials of ST Morcha members and further assured that any developmental programmes will be formed after the consultation.
V Satish and Ashok Kaul assured that LG will also be requested to look into the concerns as raised in the meeting.
Abdul Ganie Kohli also requested V Satish and Ashok Kaul to take notice of such issues and emphasized that ST Morcha be consulted on such issues.