A day after main a protest by college students outdoors J&Ok Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s residence, Nationwide Convention MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi has earned flak from each his social gathering colleagues in addition to ally Congress.
Whereas NC youth president Salman Sagar lashed out at Mehdi, saying “nobody is greater than the social gathering”, Congress legislature social gathering chief G A Mir stated the NC MP’s presence on the protest mustn’t have been “only for the cameras”.
Aside from Mehdi, the opposition PDP’s Waheed ur Rehman Para and Iltija Mufti additionally attended Monday’s protest as basic class college students demanded the Abdullah authorities slash reservation in UT’s jobs and schooling to 25% from the present practically 60%.
Sagar, whereas underlining that the problem of reservation was vital, stated Mehdi main college students to the social gathering president and vice-president’s door “mustn’t have occurred”. There are a number of methods of “not simply getting your level throughout to the social gathering but in addition to persuade them”, he stated.
“He (Mehdi) is a senior chief and the sitting MP for Srinagar, however he’s a part of a political social gathering and he can’t be greater than that,” Sagar stated.
Sagar additionally criticised Mehdi for “sitting with the opposition”. “These are folks at all times in search of a possibility to counter us and make our good work look dangerous. What’s their credibility? They’ve been rejected by the folks,” stated Sagar.
Congress chief Mir stated Mehdi ought to have mentioned the problem “inside” his social gathering.
“If he felt the necessity to symbolize the problems of the youth, (with) the CM at his disposal, he ought to focus on it inside the social gathering and the federal government as a substitute of popping out on the roads and for the good thing about cameras,” Mir informed a press convention on the Congress workplace.
Mir stated there are various figures on the composition of the inhabitants of J&Ok, “which turns into a difficulty when deciding on the proportionate reservation”. “One of the simplest ways to handle this has already been prompt by Rahul Gandhi ji, which is to have a caste census within the nation,” he stated.
In the meantime, after a few of the protesting college students met the CM Monday and stated he requested for six months to evaluate the reservation coverage within the UT, PDP chief and former CM Mehbooba Mufti stated the timeframe was “too lengthy”. A lot of recruitments may happen within the subsequent months and it may “push the open advantage candidates to the wall”, she stated.
The PDF chief stated the NC, regardless of having three MPs (together with Ladakh) and a minimum of 50 MLAs, was searching for six months to resolve on a crucial challenge “as a result of they consider the court docket will resolve on the matter in that point, absolving them of their duty.”
The reservation challenge has additionally been challenged within the Excessive Courtroom of J&Ok and Ladakh.ss
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