Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 11: All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) demanded revocation of recent order passed by the Government of India regarding concession for the wards of migrant Kashmiri Pandits, non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits and Hindus in admission in higher education.
Chairman Jagmohan Singh Raina said that the Government of India continues to shower benefits on a particular community while at the same time, it is ignoring others, especially Sikh community.
He urged the Supreme Court of India and High Court of Jammu & Kashmir to intervene and ensure that the order is rolled back.
Talking to reporters here during a protest, Raina said that the order is detrimental to the interests of the Sikh community since they too have suffered due to the turbulent political situation in Kashmir valley over the past three decades or so.
“The order issued by Government of India on October 6 is against the spirit of Constitution of India as it gives undue benefit to the children of a particular community with the other communities being left high and dry…” he said.
Raina said that it is highly condemnable that 3,000 jobs would be given to the migrant and non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits and Hindus, adding that such discriminatory moves lead to disenchantment among other communities including Sikh community.
He said that principles of equality and justice are being trampled due to the issuance of such orders and as such, they need to be stopped at the earliest.
Principal Niranjan Singh of Tral said that the move to give relaxation in cut off percentage up to 10 per cent is biased and speaks volumes about discrimination being meted out to the Sikh community of Kashmir.
The APSCC leaders also demanded a probe in the allotment of jobs in Kashmir valley over the past five decades.
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