Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 6: Shamsher Hakla Poonchi, a Gujjar leader of the State today appealed the Government for reservation of Assembly segments and Lok Sabha segments for Gujjar and Bakarwal community in the State.
Hakla, in a statement here today, said the political reservation was compulsory for the Gujjars Bakarwals of J&K who have been already given Scheduled Tribe status by Government of India in the year 1991.
He said that recognizing the backwardness of Gujjars, Bakarwals of J&K, Government of India granted Scheduled Tribe status to them under Ordinance No 03 of 1991 under Article 342 of Constitution of India on April 19, 1991.
“So far as their participation in the State politics and administrative setup is concerned under Scheduled Tribe status norms, there should have been reservation of Assembly segment for Gujjars and Bakarwals in the State and the Lok Sabha election but it did not happen any were in the State of J&K”, he said, adding by the State Government has done a great in justice to Gujjar-Bakarwal community.
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