Sir,
Whenever we talk about the competitive exams which are being conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission especially for the gazetted posts like KAS , KCS and KPS the word J is not found in these kinds of Government gazetted services.
The name of the Jammu province has been ignored by the authorities deliberately. The issue pertaining to naming these services as JKAS, JKCS, JKPS etc has been highlighted time and gain, but the Governments have never bothered to look into the issue. Kashmiri politicians consider Jammu province as their colony for collecting revenue and enjoying the power. The political class of Jammu has been taken for granted for their lame duck approach and were always treated as second class politicians having no reasoning. The political spectrum from the Jammu region must rake up this issue in the ensuing assembly session.
There are already many allegations of discrimination with Jammu and Ladakh province. There is very less representation of these provinces in the state services. Every time recruitment is done whether for Gazetted post or Non-Gazetted posts the lion’s share goes to Kashmir province. The representation of Jammu and Ladakh in Secretariat, the power centre of State is also very less.
Jammu and Ladakh have always upheld the National aspiration even in the time of emergencies but the justice has not been done to these regions. Every time Government promises to give due share to these regions but nothing concrete is done . If we take the case of Delimitation or any other issue the promises are made during election but after conclusion of elections these issues disappear for next six years.
It is high time for civil society to take lead and ensure that these political parties and leaders are exposed and justice is done to these regions in letter and spirit.
Yours etc…
Ronik Sharma
Jammu
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