Srinagar, Oct 30: The issue of the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Reservation Policy drew angry jibes in the J&K Legislative Assembly on Thursday, with a member demanding rights as envisaged in the Constitution, while others demanded justice in proportion to the actual representation and population.

The House was divided in its support and saw charged arguments.

People’s Conference (PC) leader and MLA Handwara, Sajjad Lone, alleged that the government was stonewalling the questions and not providing the relevant information sought from it.

Lone said that he had sought information about the status of the Cabinet Sub-Committee report and data pertaining to reservations.

“We wanted to see if data supports the arguments pertaining to reservations,” he said.

Expressing his suspicions about the re

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