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He added that due to repeated displacement and the suffering of financial and human losses, members of the Jatt community have not had a stable life over the past seven decades. He said this situation has led to political instability for them, and they have remained unrepresented despite being a large community scattered across the Jammu region—from the International Border in Kathua district to the Line of Control in Poonch. Under these circumstances, he said, the Jatts deserve political reservation so that they can be represented politically on the same pattern on which reservation has been granted to other communities in Jammu and Kashmir.
He was addressing a meeting at village Puro bhana in R. S. Pura. The meeting was organised by Senior Vice President of the Jatt Sabha and former minister Garu Ram.He also referred to the denial of Other Backward Classes (OBC) status benefits in Central Government jobs and professional educational institutions across the country.He appealed that the Jatts of Jammu and Kashmir should receive OBC reservation benefits in recruitment and educational institutions at the Central Government level.
Meanwhile, former MP and Chief Patron Tarlok Singh Bajwa referred to the long-pending demand for installing a statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who ruled Jammu and Kashmir before the Dogra rule. He demanded that the statue be installed in Jammu district.
In his address, former minister Choudhary Garu Ram highlighted the growing unemployment among youth in the border belt. He demanded that a special recruitment drive be conducted in the armed forces, including the Indian Army, paramilitary forces, and Jammu and Kashmir Police for unemployed youth from border areas of the Jammu region. MLA Vikram Randhawa also addressed the gathering and raised the issue of underdevelopment in border areas, urging the government to address these concerns on humanitarian grounds.
He said that issues related to roads, drainage systems, sanitation, cleanliness, and unscheduled electricity cuts should be resolved by the authorities at the local level in their respective areas without causing hardship to the people. In his address, Senior Vice President and former DDC Suchetgarh Taranjit Singh Tony demanded that the government release the full and final compensation package of ₹25 lakh for displaced persons.
“The first instalment has been released in favour of the displaced persons, but the final payment is yet to be made to them in the Jammu region. Therefore, it is imperative to release the remaining amount so that they receive the financial support sanctioned by the previous government,” he added. Prominent among those who attended the meeting included Choudhary Jagar, Kamal Randhawa, District President Jammu Dwarka Choudhary, Manjit Jatt, Bachan Choudhary, Jarnail Choudhary, Mandeep Choudhary, Naveen Choudhary, former Sarpanch Khanna, former Sarpanch Jasbir Singh, former Sarpanch Mohinder Choudhary, Jatt woman leader Sushma Choudhary, Choudhary Jeet, and others.
