Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 1: Senior BJP leader and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Gulam Ali Khatana has said that reservation is a right for the people of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Categories.
Addressing at two different functions in Bishnah and at Shalimar on Saturday to commemorate the martyrdom day of Shaheed Bhagat Amarnath who was a crusader for the rights of SCs and STs in J&K, Khatana said that it was only BJP government which passed the SC/ST Act for Prohibition of Atrocities on the people of SCs/STs while Congress never worked honestly for the welfare of these oppressed classes.
Prominent among those present on the occasion were Shaheed Amar Nath Committee Bishnah Chairman, J.L Bhagat, M.R Puri, Bihari Lal, Dr. Davinder Manyal, Prof. Gharo Ram, Dharminder DDC, Inderjit, Radhey Krishan, Janak Raj, Rattan Lal, Sudesh Puri, Yash Pal, Kartar Chand, Vidya, Narayan, Satish, Priyanka, Rakesh, Chander Bushan, district secretary and others.
“People of the reserved categories should not pay any heed to the propaganda of Congress and other opposition parties as PM Narendra Modi has many times sated that no one can do anything with the reservation,” Khatana said adding that there are opportunities for all in the country today.
The BJP MP said that Baba Saheb Ambedkar has given a remarkable Constitution to this country where rights of every class is safeguarded.
Dr. Davinder Manyal, senior BJP leader and former Minister said that Amar Nath Bhagat was a revolutionary leader of Dalit Samaj of J&K in his times and he has worked a lot for the upliftment of the reserved categories.
Shaheed Amar Nath Committee Bishnah Chairman, J.L Bhagat threw light on the life and struggles of Shaheed Bhagat Amarnath of Batote, Ramban.
He said that Amarnath was known as J&K Reservation Struggle Hero and also as B.R Ambedkar of J&K.
After witnessing injustice with downtrodden section of society Amarnath resigned from the Govt job and joined social service.
He worked for the Bhartiya Depressed Classes league, an all India Origination founded by Babu Jagjivan Ram, a union Minister and later Deputy Prime Minister.
Bhagat Amaranth achieved martyrdom on June 1, 1970 for the cause of Reservation for Dalits.
At Shalamar, tributes paying programme to Shaheed Bhagat Amar Nath was attended by Surinder Bhagat, President Bhagat Amar Nath Charitable Trust, Gian Chand Dogra, Vice President, Rashpal Digra, General Secretary, Bansi Lal Choudhary, Vice President, Mohan Lal Pawar, Secretary, Gurmeet Dutta, Secretary, Yashpal Singh, Secretary, L.D Gorkha, Dr Ashwani, Anil Bharti, Anil Masoom, Balbir Ram Rattan, Munshi Ram Bangotra, Hans Raj Dogra, Ram Lal Bhagat, Advocate Anita Rani, Mahant Nagar Mal, Anil Kumar Chand Bhagat, B.D Thappa, Gurmeet Dutta and others. |
