Breaking Ranks? NC MP Ruhullah Mehdi protests outside J&K CM Omar Abdullah’s residence over reservation row
Live MintNational Conference Member of Parliament Aga Ruhullah Mehdi staged a protest outside the residence of his party vice president and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, today. The protest, attended by students and leaders from opposition camp in the Union Territory, was over the reservation scheme, which Mehdi alleges discriminates against open merit category students in the Union Territory. J&K Reservation Rules of 2005 It was also part of the National Conference’s election manifesto ahead of the party-led alliance’s victory in the Assembly elections earlier this year. Open merit category students maintain the Supreme Court’s 1992 ruling, which ensures reservations cannot exceed 50 per cent, and anything above it violates equal access as guaranteed by the Constitution.
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