Srinagar, Oct 27: Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Monday rejected an adjournment motion moved by People’s Conference (PC) President, Sajad Gani Lone in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, seeking a special discussion on what he termed the government’s “failure to rationalise the reservation policy.”

As soon as the Question Hour concluded, Lone rose to press for suspension of the day’s business under Rule 56 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business to allow an immediate discussion on the issue.

The motion, submitted earlier to the Assembly Secretariat, sought to deliberate on the “continued failure to address and rationalise the discriminatory and biased reservation framework presently in force in Jammu and Kashmir.”

Lone argued that the existing reservation policy had sev

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