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| Gujjars-Bakerwals demand primitive tribal group status in J&K | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 9 : Gujjars and Bakerwals of Jammu and Kashmir today demanded status of "Primitive Tribal Group" in the state with a separate share of reservation in Scheduled Tribes category. The demand was projected in a memorandum, signed by dignitaries of community, which was sent to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh through Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation. The community pleaded that they should be fortified with more special rights and extra constitutional safeguards in the state.
Secretary of Tribal Foundation Dr. Javaid Rahi said, "We have pleaded that the Gujjars and Bakerwals who constitute 80 percent of tribal population in the state deserve special attention and a fair deal from the Centre and State government."
They have pushed vigorously for bifurcation of their separate share of eight percent out of total 10 percent reservation available to 12 ST groups with plea that Gujjars and Bakerwals are not as forward as to compete with other tribes especially those eight tribes who lives in different districts including the Ladakh region.
The memorandum reads that the Gujjars-Bakerwals have got ST status in J&K in 1991 and sharing 10 percent reservations under STs with other 10 communities of State but they are still on margin in all fields like education, health and employment sector. The memorandum reads that the Gujjars and Bakerwals are getting less than 30 percent of total employments provided by the government to STs "as the other ten tribes are socially alert, economically sound and educationally for ahead of Gujjars and Bakerwals."
The memorandum reads that even "Economic Survey of Jammu and Kashmir 2010 and on words "- a government document tabled in state Assembly every year, says that more than 42 percent ST population of Gujjars and Bakerwals live under Below Poverty Line. |
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