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SRINAGAR: A coalition comprising around twelve Gujjar Bakerwal organisations, under the banner of the All J&K Gujjar Bakarwals Coordination Committee, has made an appeal to the Government, where they have called for the reservation of seven wards designated for Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the upco.
Members of the Gujjar and the Bakerwal communities on Friday expressed anguish over the interim report of the Jammu and Kashmir Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Commission, headed by Justice GD Sharma (retd), which has reportedly proposed scheduled tribe (ST) status for Pahari-speaking pe