Rajouri (IoK News): Local journalists and reporters have reported that several people of the Gujjar Bakarwal community are protesting here to demand the protection of their Scheduled Tribes status.
The Gujjar Bakarwal tribes took out rallies against the proposed move to give Scheduled Tribe status to the Pahari-speaking people and raised slogans against the government’s decision.
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The protestors termed it a robbery of their rights and the government should avoid such decisions.
The Gujjar Bakarwal Youth Association held a protest in the Gandoh sub-division of Doda district during which they raised slogans against the government for the injustice being done to this section.
The protestors led by Manzoor Samsial and Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool said that the Gujjar Bakarwal community is already suffering from injustice and now the government is trying to give ST status to the Paharis. He said that the government is using the ST as a vote bank by showing them a green garden.
The protestors said that the present government is going to give ST status to Paharis for their own interest and for vote bank, we will not tolerate it because Gujjar Bakarwal people are living in remote areas which are still facing all kinds of problems.
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The Paharis people are not deprived, they are already in the upper caste, and they cannot be included in the ST level in any case.
In the press conference, the protestors said that the current government and the governor’s administration should act sensibly, otherwise there will be a very wrong result.
All Jammu and Kashmir Gujjar Bakarwal people have to come out to save their rights there are many people of the ST tribe living in the Chenab region and now slowly they will take to the streets soon until justice is served.
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