Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 30: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organized one day convention of OBCs here today in which the members of the community drawn form different parts of the Valley participated.
Addressing the convention BJP national vice president, Avinash Rai Khanna, State president & MLA Sat Sharma, Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh, M P Jugal Kishore Sharma, State general secretary & Incharge Kashmir, Dr Narender Singh and OBC Board Vice Chairperson, Rashpal Verma promised to resolve the issues confronting the people falling in this category on priority basis.
In his address Avinash Rai Khanna said that the OBC category people in J&K are facing series of problems and the BJP leadership is well aware of their problems and is committed to resolve them on war footing. “Let us assure you that in all three regions of J&K, BJP wants to address the issues of OBC category. We have already explained the BJPs vision for OBC category people,” Khanna added.
In his speech, State president BJP Sat Sharma said that reservation issue of OBC category people in various Government jobs is under active consideration of the Government and a comprehensive mechanism will be formed to address all issues within a stipulated time frame.
Addressing the gathering, Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh also assured the OBC category people that BJP Government will not play politics over the issues and that the Government is duty bound to address them to satisfy the lot which has been ignored so far.
“We are concerned and have been working since the day we took over power in J&K that the issues which OBC category people are facing have to be addressed.
In his address, Jugal Kishore said that the OBC category people are ideologically connected with the BJP as it is the only party which has taken care of their emotions, issues and aspirations while as they were ignored by all previous regimes.
Dr Narinder Singh, while speaking on the occasion, said that all the issues faced by OBC category people are genuine in nature including their reservation in jobs.
Rashpal Verma, the chairman of OBC Board J&K, said that he was thankful to BJP leadership, who have shown keen interest in resolving the problems of OBC category people, who have been ignored at all levels.
Those who were present on the occasion included State general secretary (Organisation) Ashok Koul, State vice president, Yudhvir Sethi, State vice president, Dr. Darakhshan Andrabi, State general secretary Pawan Khujuria, State secretary, Sanjay Baru, State media secretary Altaf Thakur, protocol incharge Arif Raja, district vice president Ashok Bhat, district president Asif Masood and others.
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