The Pahari Tribe ST forum in Jammu and Kashmir started its monthly 'Dhanyawad Yatra' on Thursday to express gratitude to the Centre for their inclusion in the ST list.

The Dhanywad Yatra is a medium for the tribe to extend their gratitude to the Centre for granting their demand file a major milestone.

This Yatra, which was formally started on November 10 from Budhal in which young leaders of the hill tribe, political and social workers participated, has been intended to thank the Central government for granting the ST demand request of the tribe a significant milestone.

An earlier meeting was also held in Budhal in which the Prime Minister gave the go-ahead from the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) and the Registrar General of India (RGI) to the ST demand to approve the recommendations of Justice GD Sharma in favour of the Pahari tribe.

With this yatra, the members of the tribe have thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP central leadership, Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha, BJP state unit president Ravinder Raina, General Secretary Vobudh Gupta and other leaders.

The speakers had said that the tribe would remain indebted to the current government and the loan which is given to the ST will be repaid with interest during the elections.

This yatra is being led by top tribe leaders and youth affiliated with Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), in which the current elected District Development Council (DDC) members, panchayat members are also playing an active role.

DDC member Sohail Malik, Advocate Ehsan Mirza, Thakur Gurdev Singh, Ayub Pahlwan, Munir Mirza, Jahangir Khan etc. who participated in the rally said that they hope that the amendment reservation bill will be presented in the parliament in the winter session of the parliament.

According to the schedule, the Yatra which started from Ubudhal on Thursday will go to Kotaranka where they will stay during the night.

On Friday (November 11), a rally was also held in different areas of Kotaranka, which on Saturday is scheduled to move from Kotaranka to Rajouri.

The Dhanyawad march on Sunday will head towards Darhal from Rajouri and then to Shahdara Sharif on Monday.