“Today’s sit-in-cum-meet-up on the unfair reservation policy stands cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control,” the association, which has been fighting for months for rationalisation of the reservation policy, said. Several politicians took to social media to claim they had been placed under house arrest. All this is because of them asking for a fair chance at success through a rational reservation policy,” the office of the Srinagar MP post on X. PDP leader Iltija and MLA Waheed Parra have also been allegedly put under house arrest. “Like many others I’ve also been placed under house arrest at Srinagar today.

Source: The Telegraph December 29, 2025 04:16 UTC