Jammu’s youth spoke up on pressing issues like reservation, disempowerment and injustice at a youth conference, titled Gal Baath; an outreach programme started by the Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This comes after doctors from Kashmir were linked to the Red Fort blast.
Besides unemployment and drug abuse, several speakers highlighted the reservation policy that puts open merit students at “disadvantage” with only 30% quota. “It’s unfortunate that real indicators like income are not considered for reservations: those whose income is less than ₹6 lakhs annually. Economically weaker sections should benefit more from reservation and not others,” Vinkal Sharma, a student activist, said.
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Advocate Ana Durrani highlighted social injustices. “Anyone who speaks out about corruption is being described as an anti-national. People like Sonam Wangchuk are seen as a national threat and booked under the National Security Act (NSA). It is time to focus on our rights and what we do about them,” Ms. Durrani said.
Displaced Pandits
