Srinagar: Member of Parliament from Srinagar and National Conference leader Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi said on Tuesday that the recommendations by the cabinet sub-committee constituted by the Jammu and Kashmir government to examine the issue of reservations must reflect the concerns raised by students.
Ruhullah said he was scheduled to meet with students on June 11 to discuss the issues leading up to the sub-committee’s report.
“I expect what the students expect—that their demands, concerns, and grievances are addressed with fairness and transparency. There is a clear call for rationalization of the reservation regime and it must be carried out in line with what the students have articulated,” Ruhullah was quoted as saying by a local news gathering agency.
He said that a delegation of student leaders and reservation rights activists was scheduled to meet him on June 11 at 10:30 AM to discuss the issue in detail.
Earlier Minister for Education Sakina Ittoo posted on her X handle: “The Cabinet Sub-Committee constituted to examine the issue of reservations has drafted its report within the stipulated timeframe of 6 months. The report will be placed before the Cabinet when it meets.”
The cabinet sub-committee was formed in December last year after protests by students outside the residence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here against the existing reservation policy in J-K providing for only 30 per cent seats for open merit candidates.
Report Must Reflect Concerns By Students: MP Ruhullah
