MT News Service
Jammu, July 20:
Inhabitants of Rajpura Gujjar Basti deprived from basic facilities, seek Governor’s intervention yesterday Activists from different organization visited Rajpura to know ground Realities of Gujjar Basti at Rajpura Mandi.
Mohd Akram State General secretary Gujjar Bakarwal youth welfare conference, H R Rehman Founder cum Chairman of Global Human Rights Trust , Activist and leader of Apny party Danish Iqbal among other activists visited spot to get to know the situations of Gujjar Bakarwal community who were harassed by Forest and police for their personal interest.
In a statement issued to mercury times, while speaking to media H R Rehman said, that they are bonafide citizens of Jammu and Kashmir but Unfortunately their sorrowful condition is painful. He said that they are in habitation since 50 years along with their livestock but unfortunately forest department is harassing them for their personal interest even the said community is residing there from last 40 to 50 years. Locals revealed that department of forest with the help of local police lodged numerous false and frivolous FIR for the intervention of their livestock into the forest land.
Rehman further said if FRA is implemented and the process is going on in Jammu and Kashmir but why our people of Rajpura is deprived from taking benefits of the rights ensured under FRA to forest Dwellers and Gujjar bakarwal. While speaking to media Mohd Akram lambasted on the local administration for the painful conditions of Gujjars in Rajpura and said the people are deprived from the FRA implementation intentionally. Akram said its really unfortunate that the police in garb of land belonging to forest harassing the real custodians ie Gujjar Bakarwal and depriving them from taking the benefits under FRA. He seek Honourable LGs intervention for early redressal of issues and demand providing of all basic facilities to them.
Danish Iqbal apny party leader warns government of jk and centre that if the government fails to protect them and ensure their rights under FRA, we come on roads and starts agitation against the present regime.
Farrid Ahmed , Mohd Rashid, Mushtaq Ahmed, Saleem and including more then 100 of people attended the meeting.
