OBCs in J&K to get their rights very soon: Ravinder Raina

Alongwith Senior BJP Leaders Dr Nirmal Singh, MP Jugal Kishore Sharma, General Secretary Vibodh Gupta, OBC Morcha J&K UT President Brahmjot Sati, Rashpal Verma, Capt. Ramesh Chander , Anju Dogra , Corporator Raj kumar Tarkhan and Sunil Prajapati, Bharatiya Janata Party J&K President Ravinder Raina made scathing attacks on Dr. Farooq Abdullah, NC, Congress and PDP for doing Criminal injustice with the OBC Community I. J&K. Accusing NC and the Congress of depriving OBCs over the past seven decades, Ravinder Raina on Sunday said the Modi government is going to grant them their legitimate rights very soon.

In a dig at the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an alliance of several mainstream parties of the union territory, he said its recently released white paper has no takers and the alliance stands exposed before the public.

''The National Conference and the Congress mostly ruled J&K over the past seven decades and always used OBCs as their vote banks without caring for their rights… I assure that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are granting the legitimate rights to OBCs very soon,'' Raina said.

Addressing a mega OBC rally organised by the BJP's OBC unit in front of the party headquarters here, he said the time has gone of various communities being deprived of their rights on the pretext of the special status guaranteed under Article 370 of the Constitution.

''They (PAGD) have recently released a white paper but it did not mention anything about not granting rights of OBCs, Gujjars, Bakerwals, Paharis, Gaddis, Sippis, West Pakistan Refugees, Pakistan-occupied J&K residents, Valmiki Samaj, Gorkhas, Kashmiri Pandits, Sikhs and the women during the many decades of their rule,'' Raina said.

''Article 370 is gone and people are happy over it. There are no takers for the white paper (of the PAGD) as they stand exposed before the public,'' he said, adding, ''It does not matter if the paper is white, black, blue or pink, nobody is going to be misled by them anymore.'' Raina said the BJP is the only party which cared for all communities, irrespective of their religion, caste, creed or region.

''Every section of the society, whether a Hindu or a Muslim, is equal for us,'' he added