In Punjab, these days a survey is being conducted by the Deputy Commissioners of all the districts in which the 

question is being asked as to why the Kamboj caste should not be thrown out of the backward class category. Taking serious notice of this, 

leaders of the Kamboj community are gathering in different cities to make people aware about the ill effects of this behavior of the 

government. In order to make this campaign successful in Malerkotla city also, President of Malerkotla Welfare Association and leader of 

Kamboj community, Councilor Chaudhary Muhammad Shakeel has started holding meetings with his community. When contacted, he told 

that the Kamboj caste is the backbone of the backward class. A conspiracy has been hatched to make the BC category ineffective by 

separating it, which is politically motivated. Today, when the demand for caste census is rising rapidly across the country, the government 

has tried to play with the future of our community by taking advantage of some selfish people, which will be strongly opposed. 

Muhammad Shakeel said that we have also decided to knock on the doors of the High Court and are also making people aware from door 

to door that if the Kamboj community is excluded from the backward class category then our future generation will not be able to get 

government jobs. Neither will our children be able to take admission in top quality engineers, doctors and other profession-oriented 

courses. Due to which the Kamboja community will lag behind in educational, economic, social and other fields also. For which the 

leaders of our present era will also be equally responsible who are not taking this issue seriously today. Muhammad Shakeel further said 

that we are soon going to start a signature campaign on this subject with the support of the local people so that we can tell the government 

how much opposition there is among the people to this decision of the government. He demanded the Punjab government to stop this 

survey immediately. Muhammad Shakeel said that the Kamboj community is in majority in Malerkotla city. The people here earn their 

living by working as laborers or do agricultural work. Most of the people are landless or own less than 2 acres. The women and children of 

this community also work in the fields. The educational and social level of common people is very low. The participation of the Kamboj 

community in government jobs is negligible. Despite all this, if the government decides to remove Kamboj Bardari from the backward 

class category, then it will be considered a big injustice on the part of the Punjab government on its people. Chaudhary Muhammad 

Shakeel appealed to the Kamboj community to come together to protect the rights of themselves and their children so that the government 

can be forced to reconsider its decision.