“Valmikis to vote in a J&K Assembly Election for the first time: Which Party has their support?”, Swarajyamag, September 8, 2024:
“The effort to provide equal opportunities and basic rights to the Valmikis of Jammu and Kashmir remains a largely overlooked and under-appreciated story.
In 1957, the sweepers in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir went on a strike against the then government led by ‘Prime Minister’ Bakshi Ghulam Mohammed.
To tackle this situation, the J&K government wooed the Valmikis living in Punjab’s Gurdaspur and Amritsar and asked them to shift to Jammu and Kashmir. They were promised permanent residency and all associated rights……”
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