: As J&K heads towards delimitation with reserved seats, BJP promises ST status to another community #IndiaNEWS “If Paharis had ST reservation, I would be a government employee today,�? said 28-year-old

As J&K heads towards delimitation with reserved seats, BJP promises ST status to another community #IndiaNEWS
“If Paharis had ST [Scheduled Tribe] reservation, I would be a government employee today,�? said 28-year-old Tanveer Ahmad. His home is in Hajirath village in the hilly Tangdhar area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. But he lives on rent with his wife and child on the outskirts of Srinagar. After a masters in history from Kashmir University, he earns Rs 13,000 a month teaching at a private school and a coaching institute.If Ahmad had his way, he might have stayed back in Hajirath. Years ago, he took the examination for a police post and got 49 points. “I had a reservation under the residents of backward area quota but the cut off was high in that category and I couldn’t make it,�? said Ahmad, adding that the job went to a Gujjar candidate from his locality. A Gujjar candidate from his locality, however, got the job. Gujjar-Bakarwals in Jammu and Kashmir have had Scheduled Tribe status since 1991.Ahmad belongs to the Pahari community, a social and linguistic minority that lives in the mountainous areas of Jammu and Kashmir. As of 2018, about one million Paharis lived in the region. In December, Ravinder Raina, the Jammu and Kashmir unit head of the Bharatiya Janata Party,...Read more

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