Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Mar 27: President of All India Jat Maha Sabha (AIJMS) and former Mayor Choudhary Manmohan Singh today reiterated the demand of giving OBC status to the Jat community in J&K on the pattern of 11 states of the country.
In this connection, Choudhary Manmohan Singh visited Nowshera and held a meeting with Jat community during which several issues related to the Community was discussed threadbare.
Speaking in the meeting, Singh expressed resentment against the J&K and Central Governments for depriving the Jat community of J&K of their due share. He stated that in 11 states, Jats are enjoying the benefits of OBC status but the Jats of J&K continue to be deprived of the same. He said that earlier Article 370 was cited as the hurdle in conferring OBC status to the Jat Community but now Articles 370 has been removed from the erstwhile state of J&K and full authority lies in the hands of the Union Government.
He asked J&K BJP leadership to fulfill its promise by changing words into actions and ensure justice to Jats of Jammu region before holding Assembly elections in the Union Territory. He warned that in case the ruling Government fails to provide OBC status to Jat community then the Party will not get a single Jat vote in any of the upcoming elections in J&K.
Singh said that under Prime Minister’s slogan of ‘One Nation, One Constitution’, Jats of J&K are facing discrimination. He appealed the Prime Minister to do justice with J&K Jats by providing OBC status at par with eleven states of the country.
Ajay Choudhary, Youth President of Jat Maha Sabha Rajouri, Sarpanch Sukhdev Singh Chowdhary, Sarpanch Satpaul Choudhary, Sarpanch Ramesh Choudhary, Ex Sarpanch Bindu Choudhary and many others were present in the meeting.
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