Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 2: Coming down heavily on the Public Service Commission (PSC) for its unfair and bias approach in selections under Scheduled Tribe category -the members of Gujjars and Bakerwals tribes today appealed their community to unite for a joint struggle against unjust approach by the PSC against the tribe candidates.
In this context , the Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation organised a programme here to protest against open discrimination and unequal treatment being meted out by the PSC against Gujjars and Bakerwal candidates.
The community elders alleged that their tribe had been pushed to wall in selections made by the Commissions under ST category in last two years. They alleged that though their tribe constitute more than 80% of tribal population (STs) but they have been ignored and discriminated openly and marginalised by giving less than 20% share in ST quota selections.
They said that highly biased nature of selections under ST category has shaken the faith of the educated tribal youth of the State. They said that the research conducted by the Foundation in the respective select lists revealed that peanuts share was being given to Gujjars under ST recruitments as compared to other tribes which was in the obnoxious average ratio of around 20:80.
They cautioned the PSC to desist from such bias as the harassment of the underemployed has caused a strong resentment among the Jammu youth which could explode anytime and take an ugly turn.
The elders termed this treatment by PSC with the Gujjar tribe candidates as unjust and discriminatory and appealed the Governor and the Chief Minister to intervene in the matter. They said that PSC should maintain a balance between various tribes falling under ST category and threatened to launch strike if the recruitment agency failed to shun its unfair approach toward Gujjars.
Quoting examples from recruitment of Assistant Professors where under total 196 candidates were recruited in last few months under ST category, but among them only 39 belonged to Gujjar and Bakerwal tribes as rest seats went in favour of other tribes which together constitute 20% of total population of Tribes as against Gujjars who are 80% among STs.
The speakers included Mohammad Anwar, Ali Mohammad Chowdahry, Ch Din Mohd, Khadam Hussain Tedwa, Rana Mir Mohd Gujjar, Mohd Rizwan and others.
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