‎Srinagar, Sep 30 (KNS): PDP MLA Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra on Wednesday questioned the recruitment and reservation framework in Jammu and Kashmir, alleging that candidates selected from Kashmir face additional verification while raising concerns over representation of Kashmiri Muslims in the administration.
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‎Taking up the issue of unemployment in the Legislative Assembly, Parra said a large number of young people remained caught in different stages of the recruitment process even as the government had shared the DSLSS report with recruitment agencies.
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‎He said around 1,000 people were still awaiting jobs, while many other candidates were waiting for their recruitment process to move forward.
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‎The Pulwama MLA linked the recruitment concerns with the broader debate over reservation, saying the demand was not against reservation but for a system that takes population into account.
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‎"We are not against reservation. We are saying reservation should be prorated as per population,” Parra said.
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‎He referred to what he described as positions taken by the Supreme Court and the Congress on the issue, arguing that the distribution of opportunities needed to be examined in the context of Jammu and Kashmir’s population.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
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‎Parra then questioned the recruitment verification process, alleging that candidates selected through examinations in Kashmir were subjected to verification while similar scrutiny was not applied in some other cases.
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‎“Whoever is selected in Kashmir, he has to go through the verification process. Here, there is no verification,” he said.
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‎He argued that differences in the treatment of candidates could deepen a sense of exclusion among young people seeking government employment.
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‎Parra also raised the issue of representation in the civil administration, claiming that there was currently no Kashmiri Muslim officer in the Secretariat.
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‎“Today, there is not a single Kashmiri Muslim officer in the Secretariat,” he said, linking the issue to the wider question of access to government employment and opportunities for youth.
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‎The MLA also referred to families whose members had been selected through recruitment examinations, saying the process should allow candidates to compete and progress without what he described as differential treatment.(KNS)