Dehradun: The sustainable request of the 3.5 members of the Bengali community that has migrated to the Bukit State from the Est of Easter Pakistan has been fulfilled after the minister of Uttarakhand, the government announced that the government will stop the stamping “Pakistan Timur” on the caste certificate released for them.
, The chairman of the Minister of Pushkar Singh Dhami said, “I am aware of the problems faced by people in my home district.
This is a long-delayed request.” Dhami’s decision came ahead of the country’s polls next year and could help BJP consolidate the base among Bengali voters, a fairly large chunk in the Dhami’s house from the Udham Singh Nagar district.
Previously, Dhami had held a discussion with Saurabh Bahuguna, BJP MLA from Sitargaj, and members of the neglected Bengali community.
“Too bad that East Pakistan is still mentioned in the caste certificate.
Neighbors Uttar Pradesh have stopped this exercise about 15 years ago,” Bahuguna told Toi.
“In 2018, we had approached the CM at that time but the meeting did not produce fruit.
Now, Dhami has assured us that this change will be brought,” he said.
The Bengali family lakh has migrated to Uttarakhand between 1956 and 1970, many of them from the Khulna, Jessore and Faridpur border areas.
The majority was resolved in Udham Singh Nagar.
Over the past few decades, they have held frequent protests to eliminate stamp from their caste certificate – a document intended to state that someone includes religion, caste and certain societies and needed to utilize the government’s scheme and benefits.
On Friday, community members said their struggle for decades for “really owned” finally ended.
“Not only our ancestors whose certificates carry this tag, even the caste documents of people like me born here in India,” said Utta Datta, a businessman, whose family had moved from Noakhali to Rudrapur in 1964.
Datta.
Saying that he was relieved that their future generation would no longer face the shame he did.
“It hurts me every time to see the document,” he said.
Sanjay Bachar, Vice President of Bengali Kalyan Samiti, also among those born in India, but whose certificates have “East Pakistan” stamps.
“This is a blot in our community and we are relieved the government will get rid of this,” he said.