SRINAGAR: BJP has positioned itself to defend the “rights granted to marginalised communities in J&Ok”, as a joint manifesto by the Congress-Nationwide Convention (NC) alliance for the meeting polls promised revisions and rollback of the reservation coverage for ST/SC and different backward lessons (OBC) instituted after the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the area into two Union territories in 2019.
The alliance has additionally promised to revive J&Ok’s statehood and the political establishment earlier than Article 370’s repeal, if given the mandate to control. NC mentioned it could rename Shankaracharya Hill as “Takht-e-Suleiman” and Hari Parbat as “Koh-e-Maran” — seen as a transfer to regain its foothold by interesting to Kashmir’s Muslim-majority sentiment.
On Feb 6, Lok Sabha handed the Structure (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order (Modification) Invoice, 2023, granting ST standing to the Pahari neighborhood and a number of other others, together with Gadda Brahman, Koli, and Paddari, in J&Ok. Lok Sabha additionally authorised the Scheduled Castes Order (Modification) Invoice, 2023, which seeks to incorporate the Valmiki neighborhood in J&Ok’s SC record. The Pahari neighborhood is predominantly discovered within the Nowshera, Kalakote-Sunderbani, Rajouri, Thanmandi, Surankote, Poonch-Haveli, Mendhar, Uri, and Karnah meeting segments of the Union territory.
BJP has promised to stop any exclusion of insurance policies, notably these benefiting socially backward communities in J&Ok. Celebration functionary Devender Singh Rana mentioned Saturday: “BJP will battle towards any try to revise reservations granted to Dalits, Gujjars, Paharis, and OBCs — rights they solely gained after the abrogation of Article 370.”
Rana, a former shut aide of NC vice chairman Omar Abdullah, additionally condemned the proposal to rename Shankaracharya Hill and Hari Parbat. “Each locations are sacred and associated to our religion,” he mentioned.
Authorized specialists questioned whether or not the J&Ok meeting with truncated powers may reverse Union govt selections. “I doubt the meeting can overturn orders and legal guidelines of the Centre,” lawyer Younis Bhat mentioned Saturday.
Latest Union dwelling ministry orders additional empowered the lieutenant governor over key areas, together with income issues, elevating questions in regards to the extent of energy an elected govt within the Union territory would have.
The Congress-NC manifesto has sparked controversy within the run as much as J&Ok’s first meeting elections in a decade — to be held in three phases from Sept 18 to Oct 1. Votes can be counted on Oct 4.
The BJP brass has mobilised Union minister G Kishan Reddy and occasion’s Kashmir in-charge Ram Madhav, alongside others like its nationwide common secretary Tarun Chugh and co-in-charge Ashish Sood, to supervise the marketing campaign.
BJP sources mentioned Madhav’s presence is seen as key to mobilising a celebration cadre disillusioned with native functionaries following the occasion’s unimpressive exhibiting within the Kashmir area on this summer time’s Lok Sabha polls. Of the 5 LS seats, NC gained three and BJP took two — each in its Jammu zone stronghold.
“He’s the person drawing like-minded individuals in direction of BJP in Kashmir,” occasion functionary Altaf Thakur commented on Madhav — a member of the RSS nationwide government, who is thought for his position within the 2014 BJP-PDP alliance.
Regardless of efforts by BJP’s J&Ok unit, led by Ravindra Raina and Ashok Kaul, the occasion has struggled to keep up cohesion, notably in Kashmir valley. Native BJP functionaries have reportedly didn’t successfully contain occasion staff in decision-making. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s current go to to Kashmir, the place he obtained a heat reception, has additional involved BJP.
(with inputs from Sanjay Khajuria in Jammu)
The alliance has additionally promised to revive J&Ok’s statehood and the political establishment earlier than Article 370’s repeal, if given the mandate to control. NC mentioned it could rename Shankaracharya Hill as “Takht-e-Suleiman” and Hari Parbat as “Koh-e-Maran” — seen as a transfer to regain its foothold by interesting to Kashmir’s Muslim-majority sentiment.
On Feb 6, Lok Sabha handed the Structure (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order (Modification) Invoice, 2023, granting ST standing to the Pahari neighborhood and a number of other others, together with Gadda Brahman, Koli, and Paddari, in J&Ok. Lok Sabha additionally authorised the Scheduled Castes Order (Modification) Invoice, 2023, which seeks to incorporate the Valmiki neighborhood in J&Ok’s SC record. The Pahari neighborhood is predominantly discovered within the Nowshera, Kalakote-Sunderbani, Rajouri, Thanmandi, Surankote, Poonch-Haveli, Mendhar, Uri, and Karnah meeting segments of the Union territory.
BJP has promised to stop any exclusion of insurance policies, notably these benefiting socially backward communities in J&Ok. Celebration functionary Devender Singh Rana mentioned Saturday: “BJP will battle towards any try to revise reservations granted to Dalits, Gujjars, Paharis, and OBCs — rights they solely gained after the abrogation of Article 370.”
Rana, a former shut aide of NC vice chairman Omar Abdullah, additionally condemned the proposal to rename Shankaracharya Hill and Hari Parbat. “Each locations are sacred and associated to our religion,” he mentioned.
Authorized specialists questioned whether or not the J&Ok meeting with truncated powers may reverse Union govt selections. “I doubt the meeting can overturn orders and legal guidelines of the Centre,” lawyer Younis Bhat mentioned Saturday.
Latest Union dwelling ministry orders additional empowered the lieutenant governor over key areas, together with income issues, elevating questions in regards to the extent of energy an elected govt within the Union territory would have.
The Congress-NC manifesto has sparked controversy within the run as much as J&Ok’s first meeting elections in a decade — to be held in three phases from Sept 18 to Oct 1. Votes can be counted on Oct 4.
The BJP brass has mobilised Union minister G Kishan Reddy and occasion’s Kashmir in-charge Ram Madhav, alongside others like its nationwide common secretary Tarun Chugh and co-in-charge Ashish Sood, to supervise the marketing campaign.
BJP sources mentioned Madhav’s presence is seen as key to mobilising a celebration cadre disillusioned with native functionaries following the occasion’s unimpressive exhibiting within the Kashmir area on this summer time’s Lok Sabha polls. Of the 5 LS seats, NC gained three and BJP took two — each in its Jammu zone stronghold.
“He’s the person drawing like-minded individuals in direction of BJP in Kashmir,” occasion functionary Altaf Thakur commented on Madhav — a member of the RSS nationwide government, who is thought for his position within the 2014 BJP-PDP alliance.
Regardless of efforts by BJP’s J&Ok unit, led by Ravindra Raina and Ashok Kaul, the occasion has struggled to keep up cohesion, notably in Kashmir valley. Native BJP functionaries have reportedly didn’t successfully contain occasion staff in decision-making. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s current go to to Kashmir, the place he obtained a heat reception, has additional involved BJP.
(with inputs from Sanjay Khajuria in Jammu)
