Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 26: Shiv Sena Bala Saheb Thackeray Jammu-Kashmir unit today staged protest, demanding 80 per cent reservation in jobs in Government and private sectors for the Dogra youth.
Led by Manish Sahni, J&K president of Shiv Sena, the party activists assembled at party office located at Channi Himmat and raised slogans in support of their demands.
Talking to reporters here, Sahni termed 80 per cent reservation for Dogras in Government and private sector jobs as full right of Dogras because they are the genuine domicile of Jammu and Kashmir.
Sahni said Shiv Sena has stood with every Dogra who is the permanent resident of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state. He said that J&K was a Dogra principality and Dogra people of every community and religion are living here by maintaining communal harmony and brotherhood since long.
He said that for the last 73 years, there has been a conspiracy to eradicate Dogra identity by Kashmiri rulers. With the withdrawal of Article 370, Dogras had seen a ray of hope to regain their identity, but the Central Government’s neglectful attitude has done much harm to Dogras.
Shiv Sena urged the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Central Government to ensure that the youth of Jammu and Kashmir get 80 per cent reservation in jobs in government and private sectors.
Among those who joined the protest include Mahila president Meenakshi Chibber, general secretary Vikas Bakshi, working president Ashwini Gupta, secretary Raj Singh, joint secretary Raju Salaria and Sanjeev Siodan.
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