In response to the statement by JKNC senior leader and Member of Parliament Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, of joining a peaceful protest tomorrow to demand ‘rationality in the reservation policy’, The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah said the issue has not been ignored or swept under the carpet.
In a post on X, Omar Abdullah wrote, ” I understand the emotions surrounding the reservation issue. JKNC had committed to examining all aspects of it in our manifesto released before the assembly elections. It is as a continuation of this commitment that a cabinet sub-committee was constituted to move towards fulfilling this promise. That sub-committee was only recently notified & is in the process of starting its work by engaging with all stakeholders. In the mean time the reservation policy has also been challenged in the Hon’ble High Court of JK&L. We will, of course, be bound by any judgement when the final legal options have been exhausted.”
Omar said, “It has come to my attention that a protest is being planned in Srinagar to highlight the sense of injustice surrounding the reservation policy. Peaceful protest is a democratic right & I would be the last person to deny anyone that right but please protest knowing that the issue has not been ignored or swept under the carpet.”
” Your government is doing what any responsible government would do – making sure everyone is heard & a fair decision arrived at after completing due process”, he said.
Senior National Conference leader and Member of Parliament (MP) from Srinagar, Ruhullah Mehdi, on Sunday said that he will join a peaceful protest tomorrow outside the Chief Minister’s residence to demand ‘rationality in the reservation policy’.
