 Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 15: Within minutes after “annoyed” National Conference Lok Sabha member Aga Rahullah Mehdi cautioned the government against betraying the students for not setting a deadline to submit a report on existing reservation rules, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah wasted no time in rectifying the error.
“The Cabinet sub-committee constituted to examine the complicated issue of reservations in recruitment has been given a 6-month timeline to complete their report”, the Chief Minister posted on his official social media handle.
“This timeline was set by me after I met with a concerned group of job aspirants. This timeline, however, was not in the initial order setting up the sub-committee. That oversight will be corrected, but rest-assured, the committee is working to complete its task in the set timeframe”, the Chief Minister assured.
Earlier, Rahullah Mehdi, hoped that there was some clerical error in the Minister’s reply.
“I hope this line saying 'no specific timeline has been fixed for submitting the report' in the reply is some clerical error or some miscommunication between the department and the Chief Minister’s office. @CM_JnK should clarify this”, the MP posted on X.
“If it is not, it then is a blatant lie and betrayal with the students who raised the issue with their elected government and showed faith and trust in the word and response given to them. There can’t be a political catastrophe bigger than this when an elected government deceives its people,” he stated.
“I didn’t speak on this matter after the students got the assurance from the CM last time because I was expecting the government to do its job in the given time as they had assured. But this response has shocked me. I will not sit quiet on this. I will pick the matter up from where I left it after the assurance given to the students”, he said, adding, “I hope the government gives some clarity on this matter and assures us that this reply is a result of some mistake, not a deliberate blatant lie”. |
