"The BJP at the national level has constituted a committee to study constitutional rights and welfare schemes for tribals of Jammu and Kashmir," Member of Parliament and BJP ST Morcha National President Fagan Singh Kulastrey told reporters here today.
Kulastrey, who interacted with members of the Scheduled Tribe Community, including Gujjars and Bakerwals, at the party headquarters here, said that it is indeed unfortunate that the tribals of this border state suffer enormous deprivations and are leading miserable lives.
"No one is concerned about the need to provide these people with elementary facilities like potable water, electricity, some form of primitive medical facilities, what to talk of other modern amenities", he said.
The welfare schemes launched by the Union and State government from time to time do not reach the genuine people as middle men loot them en-route, he said.