* Favours 27% reservation for OBCs
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 18: Apni Party president, Altaf Bukhari, has stressed on the importance of unity among the people of J&K, regardless of their caste, creed, regional or geographical backgrounds, religious beliefs, or political ideologies, in order to attain the rights guaranteed to them by the constitution of the country.
He was speaking at a party event organised by the party’s Other Backward Class (OBC) wing in Jammu today. During the event, several youths from the OBC joined Apni Party in presence of party president, Bukhari and Provincial president Manjit Singh.
While speaking at the occasion, Bukhari reaffirmed his position on the rights of Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), and other marginalised communities, and said, “Apni Party strongly supports the legitimate demands of these marginalised sections, including the implementation of 27% reservation for OBCs in Jammu and Kashmir.”
He suggested that August 5 would be an appropriate day to highlight the 27% reservation for OBCs, as the Central Government claims that on this day in 2019, a way was paved for the people of Jammu and Kashmir to be on par with the people in the rest of the country. He said, “At this moment, let us not discuss how J&K’s political rights were snatched on August 5, 2019. Instead, we would demand that if the actions of August 5 were meant to liberate the people of J&K and pave the way for their enduring development, as the Government claims, then let the people of the UT have the same rights that people in the rest of the country have. The 27% reservation for the OBCs also falls into this category.”
“If OBCs across the country have 27% reservation in Government jobs and higher educational institutes, then how can people from the same category in J&K be deprived of this reservation?” he asked.
Emphasising the unity of the people across Jammu and Kashmir, Bukhari said, “We, the people of Jammu and Kashmir, irrespective of our caste, creed, political ideologies, or regional and religious identities, must come together to attain the social, economic, and political rights guaranteed to us by the constitution of the country.
The programme was organised by the State president of party’s SC Wing, Bodh Raj Bhagat and State president of the OBC Wing, Bhagat Ram.
Senior leaders Faqir Nath and Prem Lal (Both Ex-MLAs), Lovely Mangol, Raman Thapa, Raqeeq Ahmed, Vipul Bali, Sahil Bharti, PC Rahi and others were also present.
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