J&K/Rajouri (The Stellar News), Anil Bhardwaj: One Day Pahari convention of Pahari Tribe held at Saranoo village near Dhangri area of district Rajouri. People in one voice appealed PM Sh. Nariender Modi for granting ST status to the Pahari ethnicity who are much deserving and has been recognised by different socio ethnic committees set by GOI.
Interacting during the proceedings the members of the ethnicity in one voice raised concerns of their down trodden condition and appealed GOI to furnish their due long pending demand of ST status. Delegates claimed that on one front when Government implemented Forest Rights Act in J&K UT, members of Pahari Tribe didn’t oppose even they got excluded in the same way our contemporaries must support our cause of due ST status.
The speakers also pointed this time centre is lead by a government having complete majority and a PM with firm conviction who can address this genuine demand of much deprived tribe. From time to time different committees declared Pahari as the downtrodden ethnicity. In the year 2013 when GOI appointed a socio ethnic committee headed by Dr. Peerzada Mohd. Ameen, the committee in its final report submitted that Pahari Ethnicity deserves ST status from all parameters defined in the Constitution of India, they added.Further added that since 1989 every government befooled Pahari tribe and for mere political gains again and again assured with false promises but now general public of the tribe has full faith that this government must address the issue. They recalled all CMs , Governors and even past PM’s recommended and assured the ST status to the much deprived ethnicity but unfortunately the promise not fulfilled till yet.
The program was managed by Captain Mohan Singh.Those prominent who were present includes Adv. Ashan Mirza, Vikrant Sharma, Adv.Altaf Jangua, Adv. Gurdev Singh Thakur, Dheeraj Sharma, Shakti Sharma, Kashmir Singh, Darshan Lal, Mohinder Singh, Nagesh Sharma, Sajjad Mirza, Som Raj Sharma, Surinder Sharma, Pritam Sharma, Sher Singh, Ajeet Singh, Dr. Gyan Singh, Navneet Bali.
