Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 17: United Forum of presidents of different OBC organizations under the banner of All J&K OBC Mahasabha held a Mashaal Rally today.
The members of Sabha including ladies assembled near Press Club Jammu and took out a rally which passed through main streets of the city. The members of OBC Mahasabha carrying banners and placards were raising slogans in support of their demands.
They have been demanding implementation of 27 percent reservation in Jammu and Kashmir State in Government services as identified by Mandal Commission. The OBC leaders have stated that State Government was providing them with only 2 percent reservation instead of 27%. They said coalition Government ruling the State has deceived that a number of times and provided them with nothing except false assurances.
Demanding representation in State Legislative Assembly and Council, the OBC leaders asserted that State Government has created various false categories to uisurp the due share of reservation of OBCs.
They are also demanding issuance of Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificate instead of OSC (Other social castes) and Creamy layer be enhanced to Rs 9 lakh instead of Rs 3 lakh as at present.
The dignitaries who lead the Mashaal rally included Bansi Lal Choudhary, convenor All J&K Backward Classes Union, Ayudhiya Kumar Manawa, Vaishno Dutt Dogra, Reham Din Malik, K C Raina, Kasturi Lal Basotra, Abdul Qadir, Jagjit Singh, Madan Lal Gogra, Dharam Pal Kataria, Raj Kumar Verma, Manohar Lal Tidyal, Muni Lal Badan, Mohan Lal Pawar, Rattan Lal Chargotra, Hans Raj Chargotra, Kamal Bhardwaj, Arjit Kumar, Hussain Baksh Sabunia, Mohd Shafi, Mangat Ram, Anil Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Kumar Sodi, Suresh Dogra, Pawan Kumar, Mohinder, Bashir Ahmed, Mohd Hanief and Ramesh Kumar Angotra.
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