Team Herald
PONDA: A delegation led by President of Gomantak Bhandari Samaj Ashok Naik met Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant and submit a memorandum demanding 19 per cent reservation in government jobs out of the 27 per cent reserved for Other Backward Class.
In a letter to the Chief Minister, the delegation pointed out that there is disparity or disproportion caused while deciding the quota of the reservation post for Naik Bhandari Community under OBC Category in the prevailing Reservation Policy.
Naik said, “In Goa, the Samaj population is 60 per cent, however with regard to jobs, the Samaj is facing injustice. Before and even after Liberation, the people of this hard working Samaj were bagayat, agricultural labourers, truck drivers, motorcycle pilots etc and were falling behind as they were illiterate but now our children are educated but not getting proper reservation in proportionate to our population.”
