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| Hakla demands reservation for Gujjar Bakarwal, schedule tribe community of J&K | | | Early Times Report
POONCH, Oct 23 : SHAMSHER HAKLA POONCHI (The Prominent Gujjar leader and an intellectual of J&K) demanded for the reservation of Rajouri-Anantnag Lok Sabha seat for Gujjar Bakrwal of J&K. Shamsheer Hakla Poonchi said this will in real sense ensure political empowerment to the Schedule Tribe people of JK UT. Terming the grant of reservations to Schedule Tribes a historic step taken by Narendra Modi Government at Centre, Mr. Hakla today said this way a great anomaly done with this Tribe has been done away with by the present Government. Talking to a group of members of Gujjar and Bakerwal community here, today he said that one Parliamentary seat be also reserved for the community in the Union Territory (UT).
In this regard he demanded that the Rajouri-Anantnag Lok Sabha seat be reserved for Gujjar and Bakerwal Tribe under ST status norms as a huge population of ST community resides in this constituency.
SHAMSHER HAKLA POONCHI said that the Gujjar Bakarwal Schedule Tribe community resides in the Twenty (20) districts of J&K U.T and can be found mainly in hilly, mountainous and far-flung areas near forests and on the Indo-Pak LOC & International Borders of J&K with a population of over many lakhs. Gujjars Bakarwals are divided into 3 tribes: SETTLED, HALFSETTLED AND UNSTELLED NOMADIC. The needs and problems, the language and culture of Gujjar Bakarwal tribe is quite different from other communities of J&K U.T and that is why this tribe has its own identity, customs and unique way of life. The Gujjar Bakarwal tribe belongs to Islam religion in J&K U.T. He said that the Gujjars Bakarwals of J&K U.T are politically, educationally, socially and economically backward.
Mr. Hakla said with this step of Government the Gujjars and Bakarwals of the J&K UT can get a representation in the Parliament as well which is their right as per the norms under the constitution.
Hakla said that the members of the community live in 20 districts of the UT mainly in hilly and border areas and they have remained neglected for the decades together due to which majority of them is living in abject poverty and backwardness. |
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