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| NC failed to address grievances of Gujjars, Bakerwals, admits Omar | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: Indirectly admitting that a chunk of Gujjars and Bakerwals has supported BJP in the recently held assembly elections in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, former Chief Minister and vice president of the National Conference Omar Abdullah on Wednesday admitted that his party has failed to solve grievances of this tribal community.
Addressing the one-day Gujjar-Bakerwal conference of the party Omar Abdullah specially mentioned toward victory of Gujjar leader Abdul Gani Kohli from the Kalakote assembly segment in the 2014 assembly polls.
“A member of our community was elected on the BJP ticket from Kalakote by defeating the National Conference candidate”, Omar Abdullah said in an obvious reference to the 2014 assembly elections when BJP’s Abdul Gani Kohli defeated the National Conference stalwart Thakur Rashpal Singh.
Omar Abdullah admitted that the National Conference leadership took Gujjar-Bakerwals for granted without addressing their genuine issues.
“Members of the Gujjar and Bakerwal communities are not responsible for this but we are own responsible for the same”, he said and admitted that the National Conference leadership failed to connect with the tribal community.
Important to mention here that the BJP is trying to reach out to the Gujjar and Bakerwals of J&K. The party has already nominated Gujjar leader Ghulam Ali Khatana to the Rajya Sabha to win the trust of the Gujjar-Bakerwal, the third largest ethnic group of Jammu and Kashmir.
After setting a target of winning 50-plus seats in the maiden assembly elections in the Union Territory of J&K, the BJP is assiduously trying to make inroads among different sections of the society.
On the one hand, the BJP has promised to grant Scheduled Tribe (STs) status to Pahari-speaking people while on the other hand, the party has played another calculated move by nominating a Gujjar to the Rajya Sabha.
After granting political reservations to the Scheduled Tribes (STs) BJP has taken this step to further strengthen its base among Gujjars and Bakerwals.
The Delimitation Commission in its report has reserved nine seats in the Legislative Assembly for Scheduled Tribes and seven for Scheduled Castes.
While Scheduled Castes are already getting political reservations, the STs will get nine reserved seats for the first time in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. In the coming assembly polls, nine seats would be reserved for STs in J&K.
Unlike other parts of the country, there was no political reservation to the STs in the legislative assembly or Lok Sabha seats of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. Political reservation to STs would be granted after the abrogation of Article 370.
Although all political parties claimed to minimize the woes of the ST communities, political reservation was not granted to these communities before the abrogation of Article 370. |
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