SRINAGAR: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Para strongly criticised the Jammu and Kashmir Government’s cabinet sub-committee decision to slash the Reservation for Backward Areas (RBA) quota, calling it a “calculated attempt to disempower Kashmiris.”
In a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Para wrote, “The J&K Government’s cabinet sub-committee decision to slash the RBA quota under the guise of ‘rationalisation’ is a calculated attempt to disempower Kashmiris.”
“The move strikes at a quota that primarily safeguards Kashmiri representation. By endorsing it, @OmarAbdullah isn’t defending equity — he’s advancing the disempowerment agenda”, he further wrote.
The issue has reignited political debate over reservation policies and regional equity in the Union Territory.
