Rajouri: One day Pahari Tribe Convention was organised at Dak Bunglow Budhal by Pahari leaders Manzoor Naik and Mohd Shabbir Aflatoon and it was presided over by senior pahari leader Mohd Nazir in which renowned personalities of Pahari community from Different political parties participated. Representatives from All Political Parties & Social Organisations expressed their heartfelt gratitude to PM Modi for giving tribal lady an opportunity to be the President of India. Senior Pahari leaders like Dev Raj Sharma, Mohd Ayub Khan Pahalwan, Mohd Iqbal Thakker, Ghulam Mohiuddin, Pandit Tilak Raj Sharma, Pervaiz Malik, Mohd Nazir, Abdul Latief, Mohd Amin and others assured full support to BJP if granted ST status before the upcoming assembly elections. It is pertinent to mention that Pahari Tribe is discriminated from Decades and Pahari people from all walks of life in one voice demanded Scheduled Tribe (ST) Status for Paharis and be it Pahari leadership or whole pahari community, all pledges to support BJP on every front if it grants ST status to Paharis. Several Pahari leaders addressed the gathering and apprise them about the ongoing struggle of Pahari leadership for ST Status. Manzoor Naik, BJYM Spokesman J&K UT while addressing media persons said that real empowerment of Tribals is taking place in Modi led BJP Govt and BJP is fully committed to end several decades old discrimination with Pahari Tribe and would deliver socio-economic justice to Paharis soon. Others present were Jagat Ram Sharma, Mohd Haleem, Naseeb Mohd, Hasan Mohd, Fatah Mohd, Mohd Latief, Rafiq Rathal and many others and many others.