On the 29th anniversary of the Khatima and Mussoorie massacre that took place on September 1, 1994, CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, while paying tribute to the sacrifice of the state agitators, promised to give 10 percent reservation to the dependents of those martyred in this fight and the agitators who were involved in the fight of the movement. announced. Soon the state agitators will get the benefit of this 10 percent reservation.
Let us tell you that the state agitators had been demanding horizontal reservation for a long time. For this, he had staged protests several times in the country’s capital Delhi also. In the cabinet meeting on September 1, 2023, CM Pushkar Singh Dhami gave the final approval to the demand of giving 10 percent reservation to the state agitators.
Used to join the movement after returning from school
State activist Amit Kumar Pandey, who lives in Khatima Ganga Vihar Colony, got emotional after this announcement. Talking to Dainik Jagran, Amit Kumar Pandey says, “Today is the anniversary of Khatima and Mussoorie firing, in true sense, on this day itself, CM Dhami has paid true tribute to the state agitators by announcing 10 percent reservation.”
Amit Kumar Pandey further says that he was in 10th class at the time of the fight for Uttarakhand statehood movement. After returning from school, he used to reach the protest site, this trend continued for several days. Emotionally he further says, “Those who sacrificed their lives in this fight, now at least their children will get reservation, then their future will be golden.” Amit says that when there will be 10 percent reservation in government jobs, then it is obvious that such youth, whose family members sacrificed their lives in the fight for the statehood movement, will also help in the development of Uttarakhand.
When the police suddenly opened fire on people
Advocate Harish Chandra Joshi, resident of Targanj Road, Khatima, says, “It was September 1, 1994. It must have been around 12:30 or 1 o’clock in the afternoon. The police started firing indiscriminately in front of the police station near the old tehsil.
Harish Chandra Joshi says that as soon as the firing took place, the people protesting peacefully had to run away to save their lives. Harish Chandra Joshi tells that the police showed brutality and entered the streets of Khatima and opened fire on the people. In this, people became martyrs along with him. Harish says that after this, for several days, he along with his other colleagues took the injured people to the hospital. Due to fear of the police, people had stopped coming out of their homes and then ration was distributed door to door.
He told that the state agitators are very happy with the announcement of CM Pushkar Singh Dhami. He said that now the children of state agitators will get the benefit in government jobs. He said that CM Dhami himself is a state agitator. Therefore he understood the plight of the state agitators properly.
