Notably, a 10% reservation had been accorded to the Pahari community and three other tribes, which in turn took the total reservations under the ST category to 20% and 8% reservations to OBCs) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be banking on the consolidation of the nomadic Gujjars and Pahari community votes in its favour heading into the assembly elections. “I am not associated with any political party, but I am voluntarily campaigning for the BJP in Pir Panjal region, (Rajouri-Poonch) because what BJP did for the Pahari community was…
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