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- Peoples Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti led a street protest in Srinagar to oppose the current reservation framework in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Protesters alleged that recent policy amendments have reduced opportunities for open-merit aspirants.
- The demonstration followed concerns about low candidate selection rates from the Kashmir division in recent civil service examinations.
- Protesters demanded the public release of a Cabinet sub-committee report regarding potential rationalization of the existing reservation policy.
What to watch next
- Public release of the Cabinet sub-committee report on reservation policy
- Government response to demands for transparency in the selection process
- Future amendments to the reservation framework based on the committee findings
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Iltija Mufti
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“There is a shrinking share of opportunities available to open-merit aspirants. We demand transparency in the process of reviewing the existing reservation framework,”
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…addressed the protesters, describing the reservation policy as “reservation apartheid” against open-merit students in Kashmir and alleging that it is keeping “meritorious students from Kashmir out of selection lists”. “ There is a shrinking share of opportunities available to open-merit aspirants. We demand transparency in the process of reviewing the existing reservation framework, ” said Ms. Mufti. She also demanded that the report of the Cabinet sub-committee constituted to examine and rationalise the reservation policy “be made public without further delay”. “Students and job aspirants have a…
“Students and job aspirants have a legitimate right to know what recommendations have been made on an issue that directly affects their educational and employment opportunities,”
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…the existing reservation framework,” said Ms. Mufti. She also demanded that the report of the Cabinet sub-committee constituted to examine and rationalise the reservation policy “be made public without further delay”. “ Students and job aspirants have a legitimate right to know what recommendations have been made on an issue that directly affects their educational and employment opportunities, ” she said. The PDP protest came days after only 18% of candidates from the Kashmir division made it to the 55-member list of the Combined Competitive Examination for entry into the Jammu & Kashmir Administrative…
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