Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 1: Describing Narendra ModiJi’s era as a golden period for Gujars & Bakerwals, BJP J&K general secretary and former Member Legislative Council, Vibodh Gupta said that justice was finally delivered to Gujars and Bakerwals of J&K after over six decades of independence.
Addressing a workers’ meeting of BJP’s ST Morcha at Trikuta Nagar, here, today Vibodh Gupta said that all political parties befooled Gujars & Bakerwals for 67 years and blackmailed them for votes. But after taking over as Prime Minister in 2014, Narendra Modi made the welfare of Gujars & Bakerwals a priority and worked on the ground to change the fate of deprived classes.
“Modi’s Government gave political reservation to Gujars & Bakerwals, provided them forest rights, opened Eklavya Model Residential Schools for their educational upliftment, started the celebration of International Gurjar, and also organized Gurjar Mahautsav in India. Modi’s Government nominated Gujar leader Ghulam Ali Khatana for Rajya Sabha, which has strengthened them politically, and their voice is being raised in the Parliament, he added.
He said Prime Minister, Narendra Modi inaugurated Janjatiya Gaurav Divas on 15th November to show respect to legendary Tribal freedom fighter, Bhagwan Birsa Munda. Terming previous Governments as anti-Gujar and Bakerwal, Vibodh said that Gujars and Bakerwals of Jammu & Kashmir are a pride of India and they have helped the Indian Army in guarding borders. “We salute the Gujar Tribe for helping the Indian Army in Operation Sarvanash in the Hill Kaka area of Poonch to eliminate terrorists,” he said, adding that the contribution of Gujars & Bakerwals for the nation was never acknowledged by earlier Governments.
He strongly asserted that “Modi gave them respect and dignity, while the Gujar-Bakerwal Tribe has always loved Modi and has resolved to support the Modi Government on the Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary seat”. Encouraging Gujar & Bakerwal leaders and workers to educate the people about how they were misled by previous Congress, NC, and PDP Governments, and how the policies and schemes of the Modi Government have transformed their lives, Vibodh urged them to reject attempts by self-centered leaders to sow division along caste lines.
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