The government further disclosed that 268 villages in Jammu region benefited under the ALC category compared to 16 villages in Kashmir.Under the IB category, 551 villages in Jammu region received benefits while there were no such beneficiaries in all 10 districts of the Valley.Under the RBA category, 1379 villages in Jammu region received benefits while 1229 villages in Valley benefited.As per the official data, 27,420 Economically Weaker Section (EWS) certificates were issued in Jammu region as compared to mere 2273 in all 10 districts of the Valley.Peoples Conference chairman and MLA Sajad Lone has alleged that the reservation concept is rigged against the people of Kashmir region.“These disparities revealed a greater loss of quotas to the Kashmiri-speaking population than previously anticipated. Even ST populations residing in Kashmir were disadvantaged, comprising only 15 per cent of total applicants from the pool,” he said.Terming it a “post-dated cheque for disaster,” Lone said, “Kashmiris not making it to (J&K Administrative Service) or other exams is not because they are incompetent but it is scourge of reservation that is killing their competence”.
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