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Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 6:
Deciding to launch statewide crusade in support of scheduled tribe status, Jammu & Kashmir Pahari Cultural and Welfare Forum today has approved the nomination of former minister Mushtaq Ahmed Bukhari as Chairman of the Forum in a meeting of Pahari leaders representing all corner of the state.
The meeting presided over by former Member Parliament and founder member of the Forum Mirza Abdul Rashid, was attended by Pahari leaders from all political parties, social organizations, bureaucrats and students and all collectively pledged to launch statewide agitation in support of scheduled tribe status, which was denied to the community 20 years ago.
All Pahari legislators and formers legislators above party politics including Sardar Rafiq Khan of Peoples Democratic Party, Thakur Rachpal Singh of National Conference, Kafilul-Rehman of National Conference, Shabir Ahmed Khan of Congress, Ajaz Ahmed Jan of National Conference, Murtaza Khan of Peoples Democratic Party, MR Qureshi of National Conference participated in this meeting.
Speaking on the occasion, speakers suggested to adopt agitational path in order to get the ST status. On the occasion, all Pahari leaders, bureaucrats and employees pledge to fight for their cause with unity and full force. All the participants representing Karnah, Uri, Baramula, Kupwara, Poonch and Rajouri unanimously ratified the nomination of Mushtaq Ahmed Bukhari as Chairman of the Forum for two years term.
New chairman Bukhari in his address exhorted to all former Chairmen of the Forum to become part of the forum and initiate an action against the silence of Government of India towards granting ST status to Paharies. Calling upon various political parties to support their cause, he said, “We welcome if BJP, Congress, NC, PDP, Panthers Party and even Hurriyat, Shiv Sena, RSS and Bajrang Dal to support us.”
Earlier in his presidential address, Mirza Abdul Rashid said that Paharies are deprived community and they have been denied ST status since 1990 after conspiracy played against the community by some people in New Delhi.
Representing on behalf of the Paharies of Kashmir Valley, MLA Tangdhar Kafil-ul-Rehman said that all Paharies from Valley will extend their full support to Bukhari in order to get the basic rights to this community. Senior BJP leader and party’s National Executive Body member Kuldeep Raj Gupta extending support to the cause also spoke on this occasion.
All the main speakers including Iqbal Malik,MA Sagar, Haji Khursheed Mir, Haji Sadiq Mir, Nisar Rahi, Vijay Kochhar, Maneer Hussain Syed Azam Shah, Naseeb Singh, Iqbal KazmiI, Mohammad Aslam,Mahinder Pyasa,Shahzad Khan,Basheer Khattak, Shakoor Malik, Harcharran Singh and Advocate Tazeem Dar suggested to organize Pahari convention in order to show the strength.
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