Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Dec 9: Prominent Gujjar leader Shamsher Hakla Poonchi has appealed to the Governor Satya Pal Malik to issue ordinance for reservation of assembly segments and Lok Sabha segments for Gujjar and Bakarwal community in the J&K.
Hakla in a statement issued here today said the political reservation is compulsory for the Gujjars and Bakarwals of J&K who have been already given scheduled tribe status by Government of India in the year 1991.
“There should have been reservation of assembly segment for Gujjars and Bakarwals in J&K and the Lok Sabha election constituency but it did not happen any where in the J&K. State Governments have done a great injustice to Gujjar and Bakarwal community”, he added.
He said that due to callous attitude of the State Governments, the Gujjar and Bakarwal community remained deprived of their political rights, adding that development and welfare of Gujjar and Bakarwal community has been deliberately obstructed for the past many decades which resulted into political, social and economical backwardness of Gujjar and Bakarwals community.
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