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| Despite assurances by HM, LG some factions of Gujjar-Bakerwals are 'adamant' | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 15: Amid the announcement of some tribal groups to launch an agitation against the alleged dilution of their rights, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha on Tuesday assured Gujjars, Bakewals, Giddis, and Sippis that the government is committed to safeguarding their rights at any cost.
As reported earlier some groups of Gujjars and Bakerwals have already announced to start of a "Tribal Bachao Yatra" (Save Tribals protest). This Yatra has been started to oppose the move of the government to grant ST status to Pahari ethnic group.
Some groups of Gujjars and Bakerwals have strongly opposed this move of the Union Government.
Some groups of Gujjars and Bakewals on Wednesday under the banner of the "Jammu and Kashmir Gujjars and Bakerwals Organisations Co-ordination Committee" expressed their apprehensions about the dilution of their rights.
The Committee anguished over the report of Justice (Retd) G D Sharma Commission and termed it as biased and against the interest of Scheduled Tribes, OBCs, and deprived sections of the people. These groups announced to launch of an agitation against the decision to grant ST status to Paharis.
"We will mobilize our community to register protest against the grant of ST status to Pahari-speaking people who belong to upper castes of society" Anwar Chowdhary, convenor of the committee, said in Jammu.
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