By News Agency of Kashmir
Srinagar : The Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir have appealed to Chief Minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje to help out the Gujjars of Rajasthan in current reservation crisis by recommending their case of granting Schedule Tribe status to Government of India.
This appeal has been made by Gujjars through a Kashmir based National organization on tribes, Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation through letter sent to Chief Minister of Rajasthan, which has been signed by hundreds of tribesmen’s of Jammu and Kashmir state.
The appeal was made just two days before the state-wide “Jailbharo andolan” being launched by the Gujjars of Rajasthan.
The Chief Minister has been appealed to stop the `genocide of Gujjars of the state and give legitimate rights to them and not to make it a ego or prestige point’.
Giving details, National Secretary of the Foundation, Dr. Javaid Rahi told News Agency of Kashmir that the Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan are of the same race having similar historical background and are sharing equal socio-economic problems.
The government of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh has rightly accepted genuine demands of Gujjars decades ago but the Gujjars of Rajasthan have been deprived of this fundamental right and it is being called as social aggression against this down trodden community who have laid their lives for National Integration and in Freedom struggle of India.
The Foundation also urged upon the Gujjars for peaceful agitation from Gandhi Jayanti if government fails to concede their demands. “The government should act before it is too late as the agitation could take a dangerous turn”, he added.