#Kupwara
An Indian Army soldier Havildar Zubair Ahmad of 13 J&K Light Infantry was Died in a landmine blast at Putaha Khan Gali Trehgam Kupwara and was declared dead on arrival at Drugmulla military hospital
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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.
The issue of reservations is a reality. We have to acknowledge the big white elephant in the room.
The Kashmiri speaking population has been pushed into a corner. While affirmative action is welcome, it can’t be done completely at the cost of the Kashmiris. There has to be a trade off.
The Kashmiri speaking population has been especially at the receiving end for the last three decades.
They are the ones highest in terms of PSAs slapped, killed, injured, jailed, denied police verification and now comes the reservation.
And the present union government and also the past union governments have been at the forefront in disempowering and marginalising the Kashmiri community, in the name of national interest.
They see the Kashmiris as enemies. And want to make them socially and economically subservient to other communities, through a cruel system of reservations.
This is the sad reality