Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Nov 9: The State unit of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) led by its President Tarsem Khullar, State coordinators R.K Bhagat and Jagdish Verma and Ex MLA Som Nath organised a mammoth rally today in District Samba.
The rally started from the Guru Ravi Dass Temple Samba and after passing through National Highway culminated with handing over of a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner, Samba for its further transmission to the Governor. The rally was held in support of reservations in Jammu and Kashmir.
While speaking on the occasion, Tarsem Khullar informed that the BSP has demanded immediate calling of Special Session of the State Legislature for extending 77th, 81st and 85th Amendment Acts of Constitution to Jammu and Kashmir so that the situation in the matters of promotion in employment arising as a result of court orders could be negated for all times to come.
He disclosed that the Brahminical forces within and outside the Government are part of a greater conspiracy to deprive the underprivileged sections of their genuine rights. He appealed the Judiciary to resist such tactics and not fall a prey to such conspiracy. He further stated that the reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward sections was not a charity but a matter of according representation to the people who were traditionally deprived of education, means of livelihood and safety by the Brahminical system and their religion.
It was because of untiring efforts of Baba Sahib Ambedkar that these sections were given their human rights. Digging into the history, he informed that the provisions of according representation in employment, education and other institutions of governance was included in the Constitution of India in the aftermath of Poona Pact of 1932 wherein the depressed classes lost their right of ‘Separate Electorate with double voting power’ and were; instead, given reservations.
He also stated that attack on reservation was depiction of Caste prejudices still prevalent in the society and RSS was vigorously trying to foment such prejudices and communal hatred. He further stated that the statement of Mohan Bhagwat, RSS chief for reviewing the reservation policy was just the tip of the iceberg.
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