EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 31: All J&K Youth Federation (AJKYF) today hailed the decision of Lieutenant Governor, G.C Murmu for giving 4% reservation to the Pahari Speaking Community in Administrative Council meeting.
Nakul Sharma, Chief Spokesperson, AJKYF and representative of Pahari Speaking Community welcomed the decision of Lieutenant Governor for giving 4% reservation to the Pahari Community of the region. Sharma said that because of the remoteness and inaccessibility of the areas of their residence, the Pahari Speaking People has historically faced considerable economic distress leading to overall socio-economic backwardness.
He added that on one hand, they are not able to compete with other sections of the society who are better placed in terms of socio-economic position as also in terms of access to services like Education and Health Care due to above mentioned disadvantages.
“On the other hand, the Pahari speaking people are not able to derive any benefit even at the lower rung in respect of getting employment which are having lowest literacy rate of any community at 6% in the country and need to be included in ST category”, Sharma said.
Sharma demand enhancement in the percentage of reservation to 7% and said that 4% reservation is not sufficient for approx 10 lack population of pahari speaking community in the region as per population proportion.
Sharma also demanded to include Gojjari language to the 8th schedule of Constitution of India. Prominent among those who hailed the decision were Fazal-ul-Haq Choudhary, Haroon Rashid, Amit Sharma, Shah Nawaz Khaki, Er. Ankit Sharma, Adv. S.S.Khajuria, Davinder Jasyal, Bilal Ahmed, Himanshu Sharma, Roman Manhas and others. |
