The first cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here on Friday decided to set up a cabinet sub-committee to engage with all stakeholders on the issue of rationalisation of reservation for government jobs that is being demanded by the unemployed youth.
The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) has announced to hold a peaceful sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on December 5, demanding the scrapping of the ''unjust reservation policy in Jammu and Kashmir''.
This was the first outreach of Omar after becoming CM of Jammu and Kashmir.
He was peaking at the inauguration of the four-day National Agriculture Summit & Farmers’ Fair-2024 at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Jammu.
Dr Abdullah made these remarks during the commemorative function honouring the 92nd birth anniversary of the Late Pt. Mangat Ram Sharma.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a rally in Srinagar's Bakshi Stadium on March 7.
There has been one round of discussions in Delhi with the INDIA alliance. Now a second round of discussion will be held, he said
He said the NC is in talks with the Congress for an arrangement in three of the six Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
He said the exercise has raised concerns in the general public.
Internet services were also suspended in the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch to prevent any untoward incident.
