Open Merit Students Association Jammu

Advocating for rationalised reservations for people of Jammu

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

The problem in J&K isn't only that there is too much reservation. The bigger problem is that most of those who are reserved are no different from those who aren’t.

Unreserved Jammu — this is the future we’re headed for, unless we wake up and do something about it...

[Sahil Parray @iamsahilparray]

Just look at this appointment order.
Out of 6 posts of Translator in J&K High Court, only 1 seat is given to OM (General Category). Rest all distributed in quotas.
General Category ka janaza nikal diya gaya hai. This is injustice with merit!
#SaveOM

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

“Quota ka Kuaan”

Cutoff list ki
List system ki
System — category ka

Padhai sabki
Mehnat sabki
Sapne sabke
Seat — category ki.

Roti mehnat ki
Paseena raaton ka
Haq — category ka.

Quota SC/ST ka
Quota RBA/EWS ka
Open Merit?
Sabka.

Toh apna kya?

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

First squeeze the general category with endless artificial quotas in J&K, then pacify them by making them think ‘something is better than nothing’ through exams — which, of course, either get leaked or cancelled. What a joke!

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

How reservations work in J&K:

1. Create divisions by reserving seats for one group while excluding another with the same socio-eco profile.

2. Give reservations equal to or exceeding a group’s population share, as in EWS.

3. The remaining seats are again to be shared by all.

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

32 out of 80. Open to ALL. Horizontal would mostly be deducted from here. Ironically, no socio-economic differences between most of those reserved and those unreserved.

Deliberate murder of Dogra presence in J&K administration

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

It boils our blood to see mediocre people grab EWS seats in J&K, while the government hasn’t been able to figure out in five years that barely anyone is legally eligible—this should have been pursued separately from rationalisation to prevent a repeat in NEET UG, yet it wasn’t.

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

With all due respect to our own people from Poonch and Rajouri, we need an honest conversation even among ourselves. Is it fair that the success of some of our own comes at the expense of many of our own? Shouldn't likes be treated alike?

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

One thing that is often overlooked when there is talk about rationalisation of reservations in J&K: it’s not only a UT issue—unreserved folks are being marginalised across UPSC, SSC, JEE, NEET, etc., while others no different from them leapfrog ahead—a far more serious issue.

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

@fazilm1234 But when he uses his category, shouldn’t the seat he occupies count toward his category quota? Here, it doesn’t. He is counted under open merit while still enjoying category benefits. Got it? (2/2)

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

If a reserved category candidate secures an open merit seat and later upgrades to a better seat using their category, the vacated open merit seat doesn't return to the general pool. Instead, it gets reassigned to the reserved category in J&K. This is blatantly illegal!

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

@fazilm1234 Here’s a hypothetical: Three colleges (A, B, C) each have 10 seats, with 50% reserved. If a reserved-category candidate gets rank 15, he can’t get into College A on open merit. He says, “I belong to a reserved category, so I want College A based on that.” So far, so good. (1/2)

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

OMSA Kashmir’s folly of betting everything on the Cabinet Subcommittee report will backfire on unreserved folks. At best, it can deliver only cosmetic changes. The association didn’t even have the humility to keep its own members united, let alone build a broader coalition..

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

@fazilm1234 Maybe give your comment another read— and try to make sense of it?

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

There must be a realistic assessment among the unreserved of what the govt can do. It’s on us to fight in courts to get blatantly illegal provisions like residence-based quotas struck down, creating more space for ourselves—ironically, the lawyer pleading the case is RBA

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

@ahmad_zewail_x That 70% figure doesn’t include RBA, newly added ST2, or newly added OBCs. Go figure!

PS: That doesn’t mean there isn’t a problem with the current policy.

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

The biggest lie spread and even believed by “rationalisation seekers” from Kashmir is that the general category is 70% in J&K. If the foundation of your arguments is built on lies, the structure of rationalisation won’t stand.

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

NEET UG results and subsequent admissions will again see Rule 17 misused and EWS cutoffs far below other categories due to a shortage of candidates. These low-hanging issues must be addressed before another cycle of injustice repeats.

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

If your opposition to reservation is on principle—that identity politics has been perverted to favour some groups and create baseless divisions—what’s the point of arguments like “80% of X category is in this region”? Do you just want some of your people to get the quotas too?

[Open Merit Students Association Jammu @OMSA_jammu]

The first murmurs against J&K’s reservation policy came from Jammu, not Kashmir. Earlier muted by lack of political support, unreserved Jammu is now speaking out—against both the flawed policy and prevailing Kashmiri narratives.