{"id":12017,"date":"2026-02-11T20:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=12017"},"modified":"2026-02-11T20:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:03:48","slug":"reservation-framework-will-wreak-havoc-in-long-run-sajad-lone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/reservation-framework-will-wreak-havoc-in-long-run-sajad-lone\/","title":{"rendered":"Reservation framework will wreak havoc in long run: Sajad Lone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Calls for formation of all-party committee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jammu, Feb 11: Peoples Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday said that reservation will wreak havoc in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>Participating in a discussion in the Legislative Assembly, Lone, as reported by the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), stated that the government needs to address the issue region-wise to ensure fairness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf our share of the population is around 60%, we should get at least 50% of the jobs. At present, we are hovering with a share of 25 to 30% in jobs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Lone suggested that the government should form an all-party committee or a committee of experts to tackle the issue.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that the government, in response to his question, revealed a huge disparity between the two regions regarding the issuance of quota certificates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of 11.81 lakh certificates issued in J&amp;K, 10.16 lakh were in Jammu and only 1.65 lakh in Kashmir. This means 86% in Jammu and 14% in Kashmir,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sajad questioned the disparity in the issuance of EWS certificates, saying that poverty levels are almost equal in both regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe per capita income in both regions is almost the same. If poverty levels are equal in both places, how is it possible that 91.3% of certificates have been issued in Jammu and only 8.6% in Kashmir?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>He further said that Kashmir was receiving only a meager share of jobs due to the existing reservation framework.\u201cIf our share in population is around 60%, we should get at least 50% of the jobs. Instead, we are left with only 25 to 30% through ST1, ST2, RBA, and other categories,\u201d he said. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calls for formation of all-party committee Jammu, Feb 11: Peoples Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday said that reservation will wreak havoc in the long run. Participating in a discussion in the Legislative Assembly, Lone, as reported by the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), stated that the government needs to address the issue region-wise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12019,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12017\/revisions\/12019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}