Pahari Community
Jitendra Singh thanks Amit Shah for giving Pahari community to ST status
New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh has thanked Indian Home Minister Amit Shah for granting ST status to the Pahari community in Jammu and Kashmir.
Praising Narendra Modi-led government, he tweeted: "Thanks HM Sh @AmitShah ji for conceding the long pending demand of granting ST status to #Pahari community. This could have been possible only in a government headed by PM Sh
@narendramodi ji which has the courage and conviction to transform #JammuAndKashmir."
Thanks HM Sh @AmitShah ji for conceding the long pending demand of granting ST status to #Pahari community. This could have been possible only in a government headed by PM Sh @narendramodi ji which has the courage and conviction to transform #JammuAndKashmir.
— Dr Jitendra Singh (@DrJitendraSingh) November 3, 2022
The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has approved inclusion of Pahari Ethnic Group, Paddari Tribe, Koli and Gadda Brahmans in the Scheduled Tribes (STs).
Prominent Pahari community leader Syed Mushtaq Bukhari was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times, “The struggle of 40 years has finally paid off. We are thankful to the BJP government.”
Former minister Bukhari, who had quit the National Conference in February this year, said, “Credit goes to the BJP. Congress always sabotaged our cause. We are highly thankful to the home minister and Prime Minister because justice has been finally delivered to us.”
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