SRINAGAR: Dispelling apprehensions of Gujjar and Bakerwal communities about losing their share in reservations, Senior BJP leader Devender Singh Rana said that after the assurance of Home Minister Amit Shah to the Gujjar Bakerwal community that not an iota of their share of reservation in jobs and educational institutions will be touched, there should not be a shred of doubt in any ones mind.
“While the Gujjar leadership is convinced about the intentions of the BJP government, some rejected political parties are sinisterly attempting to mislead the youth of the community,” Devender Rana said in an interaction with a high level deputation of Gujjar and Bakerwal Communities from various areas on Thursday.
Asserting that BJP believes in equitably empowering all in J&K irrespective of caste, creed religion, language and region and creating an inclusive J&K in which all get their due share and none is deprived of his share, Rana said that while Paharis will get their due the Gujjar and Bakerwals would not lose even a bit of their share of the reservation whether it is in the employment or it is in admissions to educational institutions.
“No change in the reservation quota of the Gujjar & Bakerwal community is happening due to the reservation being given to Paharis, the community should not get misled by elements who are stoking controversy where none exists just to make their political ends meet,” he said.
He cautioned the PDP and National Conference against misleading the communities and bringing them face to face for their vested interest. “These parties have already caused a huge dent to the inclusiveness of Jammu and Kashmir by indulging in divisive and dubious politics over the years, as a consequence of which their base is reduced just to 2 or 3 percent vote share. The public standing of these parties will get exposed whenever elections are held. “
Devender Rana assailed the PDP and the NC for behaving like an ostrich by ignoring the overall transformation taking place across Jammu and Kashmir after the political developments of August 5, 2019.
“Don’t be color-blind over the path-breaking achievements registered during the past four years. Peace and normalcy have paved the way for huge infrastructural developments, especially after the massive infra interventions. Stone pelting has become a nightmare of yesteryears while the shut-down culture has been taken over the humming economic activities,” Rana said.
