STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: On the very first day of opening of Darbar in Jammu, SC/ST/OBC Organisation marched towards Secretariat on Monday. Up in arms against alleged anti-reservation policy of the Government, members of All India Confederation of SC/ST/OBC Organizations took out a protest rally at Jammu. The rally was led by SC/ST/OBC Organizations President R.K Kalsotra in which the members raised slogans against government for ignoring their demands. A large number of people from various social and religious organizations as well as political leaders across the party line, participated in the mass rally.
While talking to media Kalsotra said that coalition Government is discriminating against the people belong to reserved categories. He projected demands which include opposing move of State Government for snatching reservation rights; Clearance of backlogs of Central and State level posts in various departments; Implementation of reservation in private sector; Preparation of special plan for SC, ST, OBCs and timely release of SC/ST funds and Implementation of Mandal Commission recommendation for 27% reservation to OBCs; etc. Later the organization submitted memorandum to Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for considering their demands.
