Gujjar maha panchayat in JK on April 16
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Jammu, Apr 12: To discuss future course of action with regard to reservation for the community, Akhil Bhartiya Gujjar Mahasabha will hold a one-day maha panchayat in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on April 16.
"We demand reservation for the community," Mahasabha president Eshfaq-ul-Rehman
Poswal said here today.
The reservation is must for the growth of the community, which is backward and under-developed, he said. Poswal also demanded that the JK government must create a Ministry of Tribal Affairs in the state.
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