Vision Statement of Uttrakhand Janmanch

              The Vision Statement of Uttrakhand Janmanch

At very outset we make it clear that Uttrakhand Janmanch is non party political organization. We are of the firm belief that Uttrakhand is not only a hill state but has been created exclusively to cater to the needs of of the hill community.  To ensure the unique cultural and ethnic identity of hill community of Uttrakhand. It is imperative that they must not only have exclusive access  to natural and economic  resources but also pre dominance in the socio-economic and political sphere of life.

In a statement Uttrakhand Janmanch's Secretary General Rajen Todariya told that there is nothing unusual about the same as the states have been created/ reorganized under the constitution of India, acknowledging the regional the regional aspirations and preservation of ethnic identity.  We consider the creation of the state of Uttrakhand is not only maintaining distinct identity of the Uttrakhandis but also fulfills political aspirations within the framework of constitution of India. One of the motivating factor leading to the creation of state of Uttrakhand was to uplift the under developed socio economic and education level of the hill community and bring it at par with the developed societies of India. All these aspirations could only be met if hill community dominated the both public and private sector. Unfortunately the things have not turned out, the way they should have because the lack of governance and political will. As the things stand today, People of hill origin account for just 30 percent of the total employment available in the public sector. Their share in the government work / project is less than 15 percent as rest is accounted for by multinationals and big companies from the outside. The discriminatory policies of the respective government to the people of hill origin have resulted their share just 5 percent in the industrial set up in Uttrakhand. The share of people of hill origin in the wholesale trade does not exist, while in retail it is just 10 percent and so.

The matter of concern, there is no serious thinking in this regard in the part of respective government. The insensitivity on the part of political set up to the core issues have created the situations, it is no better than what existed and led to social strike in the state of Assam in the eighties of last century. The data as available from the current census that being carried out indicate that there has been an addition of 5 to 9 lakhs of outsiders to the population of the state in the last 10 years. Which is 43 percent of total population increased in last decade .Which is very alarming trend and if not addressed as top priority issue it will hamper the socioeconomic fabric of the state. We may have another Assam like situation is the offing. The demographic character of the state in next 10 years would be completely different from the one we had on the eve of the creation of the state. The situation, post delimitation exercise is an eye opener. The number of seat available in the hill areas have been cut down by six and added to plain areas. As per data available roughly 70,000 non Uttrakhandis are being added to the population of Uttrakhand or one may say that every three year a district of Rudraprayag is added to the state. Secretary General of Uttrakhand Janmanch described it  the result of the myopic and anti hill attitude of then Home Minister Mr L.K.Adwani,who decided to include Haridwar district in the state of Uttrakhand. Despite the fact the people of Haridwar district were opposed to it, the same is largely contributed in creating demographic imbalance. In the backdrop of the above the Uttrakhand Janmanch strongly feels that there is a need of of a mass movement against the illegal and unregulated infiltration by outsiders. We also reached to the conclusion that district of Haridwar must be separated from Uttrakhand in the interest of country as well as Uttrakhand. We are of the opinion that Haridwar is neither has cultural and ethnic similarity with the people of hills and nor It is natural part of Uttrakhand.