Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 17: Prominent Muslim Gujjar leader Shamsher Hakla Poonchi demanded to Government of India to establish Tribal Development Council in J&K with the financial and developmental power for development and welfare of Gujjar and Bakarwal tribe.
He further demanded to Government of India to sanction special package for the permanent settlement of nomadic Gujjar and Bakarwals people of J&K.
Poonchi urged to Government of India for the establishment of Tribal University in Jammu and Kashmir for all the Gujjar and Bakarwal students.
He also demanded sanctioning of special package for providing of basic facilities of life like road communication, electricity, water supply schemes, medical facilities and educational facilities in the areas which are inhabited by Gujjars and Bakarwals in J&K, establishment of Boarding Schools on the pattern of Navodya Vidyalaya, include Gojri language in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India, reserve the Assembly Segments and Lok Sabha Segments in J&K for the Gujjar and Bakarwal tribe, special recruitment drive for educated unemployed Gujjar Bakarwal youth, conduct a special survey for finding the exact population of Gujjar Bakarwal Tribe in Jammu and Kashmir and start the programme in Gojri language and the news bulletin in Gojri language on All India Radio New Delhi and Doordarshan New Delhi.
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