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.
“What an absolute shame”, wrote Abdullah in his post on X and also shared pictures of the serial 'Maharani' .
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Monday said he was "disappointed but not disheartened" by the Supreme Court upholding the abrogation of Article 370.
"Why don’t they allocate more funds to provide electricity to the people of Jammu and Kashmir?" he said.
Omar, who was talking to media persons in Srinagar after the NC-Congress alliance swept Kargil LAHDC polls, said that neither the Union Government nor the BJP is ready to hold elections in J&K.
Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that Canada should share the evidence to prove its allegations against India made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
