Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 8: J&K Jatt Sabha president and former Minister, Manjit Singh has demanded political reservation for the Jatt community in Jammu and Kashmir.
He was the chief guest at a meeting of Jatt Sabha attended by Senior vice president, and DDC Member, Suchetgarh, Taranjit Singh Tony, general secretary and Ex-MLC, Surinder Choudhary, vice presidents, Ex-MLC, Vikram Randhawa, Partap Choudhary, district president, Jammu Rural Manjit Singh Jatt, corporator, Gurmeet Kour, Choudhary Harbans, Sarpanch Flora Surjeet Choudhary, youth leaders, Mandeep Choudhary, Subham Choudhary and others.
The meeting was organised by district president, Urban, Dwarka Choudhary and district general secretary, Harbans Choudhary.
Manjit Singh said that the Jatt community has been deprived of their political aspirations and their population is scattered from Kathua, Samba, Jammu, Akhnoor, Rajouri, and Poonch border areas but they have no political representation.
He said that keeping such a vast population without political representation is injustice to the community which has always worked for the safety and security of the country and its borders.
He also demanded jobs and a special recruitment drive for the community’s unemployed youth in the defense forces and J&K police and grant of OBC status to Jatt community.
Senior vice president, Taranjit Singh Tony said that the Jatt families actually live-in border villages, and they still have their home, ration card and other documents from their respective villages, their right to border certificates being denied by the concerned authorities without any justification.
He warned that such harassment of the Jatt community will not be tolerated and appealed to the Government for intervention and fixation of accountability of such officials who are creating hurdles in issuance of the border certificate.
He also advocated political reservation to make the community strong politically.
Surinder Choudhary raised several developmental issues faced by the residential areas of Jatt community.
He demanded that an adequate number of bunkers with facilities like toilets should be constructed. “The already constructed bunkers are of substandard and they should be made safe and secure for the people of the border belt. The Government should not compromise on the quality of bunkers and ensure that all the measures are taken for the protection of the lives of the people,” he added.
Vikram Randhawa was concerned over the plight of youth and appealed that the youth should be prevented from becoming drug addicts.
“They are our future and the families should keep watch on their children,” he added.
Dwarka Choudhary and Gurmeet Randhawa also spoke on the occasion.
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