JKPPM demands ST status for Paharis
JAMMU, Mar 31:
Expressing apprehensions that the dejected and frustrated more than 2 lakh
Pahari youths can undoubtedly be mis-led by the separatist forces as it has
been during last 23 years, Jammu and
Kashmir Pahari People Movement (JKPPM) today asserted the Government to grant
ST status to Paharis without wasting more time. In a press conference
organized under the leadership of SA Mughal, chief organizer and spokesman,
JKPPM, the leaders appealed the people of Pahari Community to be united to
launch a united struggle under an Umbrella Organization of Jammu and Kashmir
Pahari Cultural and Welfare Forum. The leaders also appealed Pahari politicians
to leave there political affiliation for the cause of the community.
They
said that despite getting high percentage and being meritorious, Pahari
students are suffering very badly in every field due to step motherly
treatment.
In a joint press
statement, State president, Pahari Student Union, Abdul Qadir Khan and chief
executive, JKPPM, Shahbaz Khan, said that Paharis are striving for ST status
for the last more than 30 years and any further delay in this frustrate youths
of the community and can be misled or misused by anti social elements.
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