Quota System Unfit For Kashmiri Community: Sajad Lone

Srinagar: In his address to the Assembly on Thursday, Sajad Lone, the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (PC) President and MLA from Handwara, highlighted the growing marginalisation of Kashmiri-speaking residents due to what he described as a deeply inequitable reservation system. In a statement released by the party, Lone presented a data-driven argument showing the systematic decline in the representation of Kashmiri speakers in prestigious positions, asserting that the current reservation framework is creating a form of "social disempowerment" for the community. "The overall mental makeup of schools and children has gone through a lot of turmoil. Kashmiri-speaking people form a distinct ethnic group, and we are seeing that with every passing day, in every exam, fewer of them are making it -- not because they are incompetent, but because their entry space is being choked," he emphasized in the Assembly.