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Jammu & Kashmir Under Strain: House Arrests of Political Leaders and a Looming Student Stir Over Reservation Policy

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Jammu & Kashmir Under Strain: House Arrests of Political Leaders and a Looming Student Stir Over Reservation Policy

Jammu & Kashmir House Arrests: Opposition Leaders Confined Amid Looming Student Reservation Protests By: Javid Amin | 28 December 2025 Jammu & Kashmir is witnessing rising political tension as authorities placed several opposition leaders under house arrest on Sunday, effectively stalling their participation in what was planned to be a major student protest over the reservation policy. The targeted detentions—including that of National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, PDP legislator Waheed ur Rehman Para, and former Srinagar mayor Junaid Azim Mattu—reflect deepening fault lines between the government and sections…

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Waheed Para Flags Regional Bias in Caste Certificate Distribution in Jammu & Kashmir

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Waheed Para Flags Regional Bias in Caste Certificate Distribution in Jammu & Kashmir

PDP MLA Raises Alarm Over Unequal Implementation of Reservation Benefits By: Javid Amin | 28 October 2025 Srinagar, October 2025 — A fresh political debate has erupted in Jammu and Kashmir after PDP MLA Waheed Para exposed what he described as a “deep regional divide” in the issuance of caste and social category certificates across the Union Territory. In a pointed intervention during the Legislative Assembly session, Para cited official figures provided by the Revenue Department, revealing striking differences between Jammu and Kashmir divisions in the granting of Scheduled Caste…

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Political Slugfest Erupts Over Proposed Modifications: Sajad Lone and Waheed Para Speak Out

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Political Slugfest Erupts Over Proposed Modifications: Sajad Lone and Waheed Para Speak Out

Proposed modifications trigger new political slugfest; Triggers were pressed by Peoples Conference (PC) supremo Sajad Lone and PDP MLA Waheed Para through their posts on the microblogging site ‘X’ Jammu, Feb 9: Ahead of the ensuing Budget session commencing on March 3, 2025, the proposed medications in the draft rules of procedure for conducting business in the J&K Legislative Assembly (LA) have triggered a new political slugfest in the Union Territory. The latest sequence of allegations and counter-allegations began on February 4, 2025, when the Business Rules Committee of J&K…

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