Jammu Feb 24 :- Release postal stamp in honour of Rajouri martyrs, stated Kuldeep Raj Gupta, senior BJP leader & former MoS Pahari Speaking Board.
BJP Spokesperson Balbir Ram Rattan and BJP Media Secretary Dr. Pardeep Mahotra also accompanied Kuldeep Raj Gupta, while he addressed media persons at BJP headquarter, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu.
Kuldeep Raj Gupta batted for the release of postal stamp in honour of Rajouri martyrs. He said that while the whole nation was freed from the clutches of the British on 15th August 1947, this area witnessed the dawn of independent sun only on 13th April 1948 when the Indian Army saved them from the holocaust. But by that time nearly 15 thousand Pahari people had already lost their precious lives while about 3 thousand women committed mass suicides to save their honour and dignity from the predators, he said.
Gupta added that the Pahari people fought bravely with the locally made crude guns to save their motherland and the Nation’s frontier with all their might and the Nation is indebted to them for their heroic deed.
Releasing postal stamp in honour of the Martyrs, the long pending and very genuine demand of the large population of Rajouri will be fulfilled, which would also be a tribute to the great patriots, he said.
Kuldeep Raj Gupta also demanded that Jammu & Kashmir government should declare 11 November as holiday, adding that it was the unfortunate day which witnessed killings of thousands of innocent people of Rajouri by the Kabailis backed by Pakistan Army.
Kuldeep Raj Gupta said that the Pahari community people have till now remained socially, economically and politically backward due to continued apathy of the previous governments. He thanked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Union government for the grant of 4% reservation to STs and strongly supported the inclusion of Paharis in the ST category.
