Samba, June 09: Apni Party provincial president Jammu and former minister, S Manjit Singh has criticized all the traditional political parties including NC, PDP, BJP and Congress saying they are responsible for the present-day condition of Schedule Caste Community in Jammu and Kashmir.
“These political parties are responsible for the suffering of the SC Community as they did nothing to uplift their living standard and ensure their social, economic, political and educational empowerment,” the former minister said.
Addressing a meeting at Vijaypur, Manjit Singh said, “It is unfortunate that the SC community still faces deliberate discrimination from the authorities due to which their colonies remain with basic amenities. The discriminatory attitude is not new in J&K against the marginalized section of society. The traditional political parties have exploited the SC community as a vote bank, but never addressed their genuine issues.”
He further stated that the genuine issues of the SC Community include promotion in government under SC quota, transfer policy for SC employees serving in Kashmir and their adjustment/transfer after every five years. “Unfortunately, these burning issues of the SC Community remain unaddressed and the SC employees continue to suffer because of the non-serious approach of the authorities,” he said.
In view of the long-standing demands of the SC Community, he appealed to the LG J&K Manoj Sinha to personally look into the issue and formulate the transfer policy for the SC employees serving in Kashmir. “The government had assured that a transfer policy will be formulated for them, but it was not done so far by the authorities. If the demands are not considered within a time frame, the SC employee may again come on the road in support of their demands,” he said.
