Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU: Nov 7: The police foiled the protest march of the employees from SC, ST and OBC categories and members from reserved communities towards the Civil Secretariat here today.
Under the aegis of All India Confederation of SC/ST/OBC organizations, the activists, holding banners and placards citing charter of demands, organized a peaceful march from Press Club Jammu to Civil Secretariat Jammu, seeking restoration of reservation in promotions, clearing backlog of vacancies meant for reserved categories, waiver of admission fees for students belonging to eligible SC/ST/OBC and poor students, implementation of 27% reservation for OBC’s and enhancement of income slab for the OBC’s at par with that at the centre, State budgetary allocation for special component plan adequate provisions for strict utilization of same, providing shelter homes to the nomads, the poor and deprived, providing equal opportunities to SC/ST/OBCs in the matter of posting/transfers on strategic posts, political reservation to Scheduled Tribes, devising mechanism for redressal of atrocities upon SC/ST/OBCs and extension of jurisdiction of National Commission for SC and STs to the J&K State, reservation in private sector etc.
As they were proceeding towards Gumat and Indira Chowk, they were stopped by police just ahead of Dogra Chowk. The police foiled their march and made them to disperse.
Earlier, speaking on the occasion, RK Kalsotra, State president of the body, said that concept of good governance points to complete satisfaction of all the citizens of this country and the charter of demands in the memorandum, indicates that a lot needs to be done in this regard. The State Government has not been able to properly defend its own Reservation Act, enacted by Govt led by Mufti Mohd Sayeed, in the High Court and this fact led to the quashment of the provisions relating to reservation in promotion last year. Inspite of the stay by the apex court, State Govt is reluctant to promote the employees belonging to the reserved categories as per the Reservation Act and rules framed there under. He asked the workers to get ready for grand rally at Ram Lila Ground in Delhi on Nov 28.
BL Bharadwaj, Mohd Shafi, Ashiq Wattal, Amar Nath, Brij Mehra, Shiv Pangotra, Kirpal Singh Bisht, Qasim Ali and Som Nath also spoke on the occasion.
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