Srinagar: Asking state government to bring them at par with Pahari speaking people on Reservation front, Shepherd community in Kashmir Valley Wednesday said from last six decades successive governments have been ignoring them as a result whole community is facing hardships.
Addressing a press conference in Srinagar on Wednesday Jammu and Kashmir Chopan Welfare Association (JKCWA) said that a resolution to grant Tribal Status to Chopan community was passed in the state Legislative Assembly in 2010 but the government has not taken any cognizance of that resolution so far. He said granting Tribal Status to Chopan Community is a long pending genuine demand which needs consideration.
The same community in our Jammu division has already been granted this status and there should be no discrimination as far as the status of community living in Kashmir is concerned, they said.
They said that recently the State government ignored their community again when Chief Minister announced 5 per cent reservation in favour of Pahari speaking people. We are not against any community but we appeal government to take our hardships and sufferings into account and grant us tribal status, they said.
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