J&K exam age row erupts: Omar targets LG over delay; Raj Bhavan counters claim

SRINAGAR: A governmental face-off erupted Saturday implicit property relaxation for J&K’s civilian services exam, with main curate Omar Abdullah accusing LG Manoj Sinha of stalling a important record and the latter’s bureau firing backmost that “misleading” claims are being dispersed arsenic the Dec 7 trial looms.Abdullah said that uncertainty has gripped aspirants due to the fact that of “Lok Bhavan’s hold successful approving property relaxation, a proviso granted aggregate times successful the past”, and urged J&K Public Service Commission (JKPSC) to postpone the combined competitory (preliminary) exam. He besides cited question chaos caused by ongoing hose disruptions.The enactment comes amid pupil protests seeking an summation successful the property limit. J&K presently caps the property astatine 32 for open-category candidates and 37 for reserved categories.

Aspirants said different states specified arsenic Uttarakhand and Haryana let candidates up to 42 years, portion UP, MP and Rajasthan acceptable the bounds astatine 40.With 5 days near for the exam, thousands of candidates stay caught betwixt a stalled determination and the hazard of missing what galore telephone a once-in-a-year chance.The LG’s bureau said it received the property relaxation record connected Dec 2 and returned it the aforesaid time with a query connected whether it was “logistically possible” to change eligibility criteria truthful adjacent to the exam.

“Despite lapse of 4 days Lok Bhavan did not person immoderate response. I afloat sympathise with young aspirants,” the connection said, adding that societal media posts connected the contented were “misleading”.The LG’s bureau besides underlined that JKPSC had published the exam advertisement connected Aug 22 and notified Dec 7 arsenic the exam day connected Oct 6.NC spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq had earlier claimed the CM had already approved the property relaxation connection and forwarded it to the LG connected Dec 2.

After the LG’s statement, Sadiq said determination was “absolutely nary crushed for immoderate further queries” if the record had already been cleared by the CM.Parties trained occurrence connected some sides. “JKAS property relaxation contented is turning retired yet different classical lawsuit of passing the subordinate astatine the outgo of young aspirants,” Peoples Conference main Sajad Lone said. Congress urged some LG and CM to resoluteness the standoff without further delay, portion PDP president Mehbooba Mufti called it “passing of responsibility”.