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Srinagar: All Parties Hurriyat Conference senior leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has expressed deep concern over the injustice faced by open merit youth in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\nSrinagar: All Parties Hurriyat Conference senior leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has expressed deep concern over the injustice faced by open merit youth in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq speaking in Srinagar said the current reservation structure has become biased and is depriving deserving candidates of fair employment opportunities.<\/p>\n
He said that the issue of reservation must be viewed as a matter of fairness and equal opportunity. \u201cWe should think about the careers of young people with open merit whose futures are at stake due to unbalanced reservations. There is already a crisis of unemployment, and this added imbalance is making things worse,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The Mirwaiz noted that the reservation policy, while meant to uplift underprivileged sections, should not turn into a source of discrimination against those who perform well academically but belong to the open merit category.<\/p>\n
\u201cOpen merit candidates are facing injustice. The youth who secure good grades and marks should not be left out of jobs simply because they come from open merit and unfair reservation demands it. That is injustice,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n
Calling the situation \u201cdeeply concerning,\u201d Mirwaiz urged all sections of society to speak up and engage in a constructive discussion to ensure that opportunities are distributed fairly.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery section of society should talk about this issue. It is not against anyone, it is about justice, merit, and equality,\u201d he emphasised.<\/p>\n
He added that Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s educated youth are already grappling with limited job openings, slow recruitment processes, and economic uncertainty. \u201cWhen merit is ignored in recruitment, it not only affects individuals but also weakens the overall progress of our society,\u201d Mirwaiz concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Srinagar: All Parties Hurriyat Conference senior leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has expressed deep concern over the injustice faced by open merit youth in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq speaking in Srinagar said the current reservation structure has become biased and is depriving deserving candidates of fair …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":185946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-185945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-statements-form-kashmir","tag-top-story"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t