Giving a big bonanza to the people of Backward Classes, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday announced that the government will constitute the Backward Classes Commission afresh. After its formation, this Commission will also take care of all the problems of the community; and it will also be ensured that the beneficiaries get the benefits of all the schemes.
The Chief Minister, while addressing the celebrations of Baba Makhan Shah Labana and Baba Lakhi Shah Vanjara on the holy land of Kurukshetra, said: “We have constituted a separate Commission or Board for the welfare of all those sections who were left behind in the race for progress due to some reasons. We are committed for the social, educational, and economic upliftment of all sections. The State Government is engaged in financially strengthening those families who have been left behind due to some reason.”
“For the social, economic, and educational upliftment of the backward classes, scheduled castes, and the poor, the government is running more than 300 schemes. Haryana is the first state in the country to make available 618 services of 47 departments online through 117 Antyodaya Bhawans and about 20,000 Atal Seva Kendras in the state to make benefits available under one roof,” he added.
Khattar said that Lohgarh, the capital of Baba Banda Singh, will be developed and the inclusion of Baba Lakhi Shah Vanjara’s name will also be ensured. “Some people of this community come under Scheduled Castes and some are in backward class, we have written to the Central Government forwarding the communities’ demands. Only those, who are more vulnerable in the society, will be included in Scheduled Castes,” he added.
Khattar also announced that a community centre will be built in the name of Lakhi Shah Vanjara in the municipality of Kurukshetra. The concerned officers asked to identify a place for Labana Bhawan. He directed the Deputy Commissioners that any square, community centre or educational institution in the districts where the people of the community live should be named after Baba Makhan Shah Labana and Baba Lakhi Shah Vanjara.