Nomination to J&K Legislative Assembly: G.L. Raina thanks Modi government
J&K, July 27:The Displaced Community of Kashmiri Pandits expresses its gratitude towards the Hon’ble Home Minister Amit Shah and Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking a long due steps towards political empowerment of the community.
With the introduction of the Jammu and Kashmir reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2023 in Lok Sabha, the Displaced Community feels over joyed at the prospect of being represented of Jammu Kashmir.
Former member of Legislative Council Girdhari Lal Raina thanked union government for ensuring political empowerment of the beleaguered community. It may be recalled that the religious minority of Kashmir was once in a position to elect four members to the State Legislature, he added. Successive governments in a planned manner worked to exclude and marginalize the community socially, economically as well as politically, he alleged. Political marginalization was achieved by Gerrymandering of territorial constituencies dominated by the minority community, he added. The exclusion and marginalization was completed by breaking and scattering even the Habba Kadal hitherto considered to be the bastion of Kashmiri Hindu Community.
Result was that the community that elected several members to the Legislative Assembly remained unrepresented in the previous State Assembly. Thanks to the Bharatiya Janata Party, the community was given representation in Legislative Council.
It is after longtime that government in the New Delhi has in a systematic manned strengthened and empowered all those sections of society like OBCs, Paharis and STs and SCs. Including Displaced Community in this list of empowered communities is welcome. This empowerment will go a long way in addressing problems of the Displaced Community, most important being ability to become voice of the community in the State Legislature former MLC thanked Home Minister and Prime Minister for listening to the demand of the community.
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