Today, the Reservation bill was put to a vote & all NC MLAs chose to vote against it, crushing the remaining hopes of students of Kashmir.
And look at the attitude & feel the words of Omar Abdullah;
"Let him press the bill, we will vote against it. We don't have an issue."
Hon'ble MLA Dr. Bashir Ahmad Veeri became emotional while presenting the reservation bill, highlighting the gravity of the issue. Yet the bill was defeated, with only 4 members supporting it, all from the JKPDP.
Not a single member from the JKNC stood with it.
Telecom companies offer Recharge Plans with ‘𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬’ like 1.5GB, 2GB or 3GB per day, resetting every 24 hours. Any Unused Data EXPIRES at midnight, despite being fully paid for.
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝐆𝐁. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝟏.𝟓𝐆𝐁. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟎.𝟓𝐆𝐁 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬. No refund. No rollover. Just gone. This is not an accident. This is policy.
Use it unnecessarily, or lose it by midnight. That’s how mobile data works today.
I raised this issue in Parliament - 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐅𝐄𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃?
UNUSED DATA should carry forward into the next cycle, so consumers can use what they have already paid for.
My demands are clear:
𝟏. 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲-𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝/ 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬
All telecom operators should provide Rollover of Unused Data. What remains unused at the end of the day, should be added to the next day’s Daily Data Limit, not erased the moment validity ends.
𝟐. 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬
If a consumer consistently under-utilises their data over multiple cycles, there should be a mechanism for Adjustment or Discount of that value, from the following month’s Recharge Amount. Consumers should not repeatedly pay for capacity they do not use.
𝟑. 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 & 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬
Unused data should be treated as the consumer’s digital property. Users should be allowed to transfer their unused data to others, from their Daily Data Limit, just as transfer money to others.
As we build a Digital India, access cannot depend on data that disappears.
If you’ve paid for it, it should carry forward and remain yours to use.
THIS IS A SHOCKER. REGIONALLY —LOSS DUE TO RESERVATIONS MUCH HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED
I had posed some questions pertaining to reservations. And these questions were mostly focused on regional disparities across all categories.
I will summarise it here and will also be addressing a press conference.
DETAILS OF CATEGORY CERTIFICATES ISSUED IN JAMMU AND IN KASHMIR FROM 01/04/23
REGION SC %age
JAMMU 67112 100%
KASHMIR NIL 0%
REGION ST %age
JAMMU 459493 85.3%
KASHMIR. 79813 14.7%
REGION EWS %age
JAMMU 27420 92.3%
KASHMIR 2273 7.7%
REGION ALC %age
JAMMU 268 94.3
KASHMIR 16 5.7
REGION IB %age
JAMMU 551 100
KASHMIR 0 0
REGION RBA %age
JAMMU 1379 52.8
KASHMIR 1229 48.2
Kashmir as region is far far behind. The net loss of quotas to Kashmiri speaking population is of a much higher scale than we had thought.
The whole reservation concept is rigged against the Kashmiri speaking population and against ST or EWS living in Kashmir.
Even the ST population living in Kashmir is a net loser. They make up a meagre 15% of the total applicants from the ST pool.
RBA is almost same but when you adjust for population, against it is less. Kashmir population is approximately 7% more. And areas under RBA are almost same proportionately. Yet in number terms they are behind Jammu
And lastly the Committe set up by government on 10/12/2024 to examine grievances has no specific timeline for submitting report. We were told it is 6 months timeline.
Kudos to Sajad Lone for calling out the blatant discrimination! Kashmiris scoring higher marks lose jobs to Jammu candidates just to push Kashmiris out of govt offices. This isn’t meritocracy; it’s marginalization. Time to rise against this injustice. #Kashmir#Discrimination
"I can barely recognise the India of today. It has changed beyond recognition from the country I was raised in," writes @harsh_mander
https://t.co/bTvK6siLNY
Today, why is it that the simple act of Muslim prayer provokes many people into grievance and violence and the police into establishing their criminal culpability?