Jammu, Sep 04: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devender Singh Rana on Wednesday said the party will not allow Congress and the National Conference (NC) to tinker with the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Gujjars, Paharis and Other Backward Communities (OBCs) in Jammu & Kashmir.
“Both these allies are frustrated over the political empowerment of these communities in J&K as ensured by the visionary Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the true spirit of Babasaheb Dr B R Ambedkar’s Constitution,” Rana said while addressing a rally here.
In his address, he said, “Under sheer frustration, the National Conference has made its venom against these marginalised segments by brazenly declaring in their manifesto that the reservation guaranteed under Babasaheb’s Constitution of India will be reviewed and repealed, inferring that the SCs, STs, OBCs, Gujjars and Pahari youth will be deprived of their legitimate share in jobs, admissions in professional educational institutions and other amenities as enjoyed by the weaker sections across the country.”
Devender accused the Congress of having “volunteered” to further the NC’s agenda against the reserved categories of the society, which he said, is not only against the spirit of the constitution but also dangerous, aimed at jeopardising the nation’s fight against social injustice.
“The BJP will never allow such sinister designs to succeed and the people of Jammu and Kashmir will give a befitting reply to such divisive machinations during the ongoing assembly elections,” he asserted.
Rana said the major political initiative post abrogation of Article 370 about the empowerment of weaker sections of the society is a sacred mission for the BJP, which is committed to protecting their rights at all costs.
He cautioned the NC and the Congress “not even to think about marginalization of the SCs, STs, OBCs, Gujjars and Paharis, who have every right to progress and prosper—politically, economically, socially, and in every field like education and jobs”.
