Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 19: Bharatiya Gujjar Mahasabha, (BGM) State president and youth PDP leader, Eshfaq-ur-Rehman Poswal has expressed hope that the newly elected Narendra Modi led BJP Government at the Centre would work for the welfare and development of the State, especially for downtrodden Gujjar and Bakerwal communities.
In a statement issued here today, Poswal said that Modi has a vision for J&K. “I hope that the issues of Gujjars and Bakerwals of the State, like political reservation, recruitment in belt forces, creation of Ministry of Tribal Affairs and others would find a top priority in Modi’s agenda for J&K”, he said and added, “We have also brought these issues before the notice of BJP president, Rajnath Singh last year at New Delhi. He said that until now, all the parties had been using Gujjars and Bakerwals just for the sake of vote bank.
“This time they have rejected the NC and Congress for ditching them in all these years”, he said and added that these backward communities have in these elections supported PDP and BJP with high hopes.
“PDP’s victory in Kashmir is a testimony that Gujjars and Bakerwals have given their full support to the party and rejected NC and Congress for backstabbing them”, he said and added that the PDP MPs would also highlight the burning issues of these communities in the Parliament.
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