SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi has demanded that the Jammu and Kashmir government make public the report of the cabinet sub-committee on reservation by Sunday.
The sub-committee has already submitted its report, and the concerned department has been asked to draft a memorandum, which will be approved by the cabinet before being sent to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha for final approval.
Mehdi, who has been estranged with his party for some time, set a Sunday deadline for the report’s public release after meeting a delegation of students at his residence in Budgam.
“Before any call is taken on the Budgam by-election, the Reservation Sub-Committee Report must be made public and shared with stakeholders by tomorrow,” Mehdi said in a post on X.
He added that all channels of communication shall remain open with student representatives and that “any future decision will be guided by the contents of the report.”
Earlier on Saturday, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the reservation report would be announced only after the lieutenant governor’s approval.
Responding to questions about demands to make the report public, Omar said, “No government works under pressure, and I am the last person you can pressurise to do something. There is a procedure, and that is being followed. It is not only impropriety, it is bordering on illegal to release information that has not even reached the LG.” — (PTI)