The Jammu and Kashmir government faced a breakdown over a controversial bill allowing educated youths to apply for government jobs only in one’s home district. But it seems the crisis was averted, thanks to “madam”!
The legislation would mean that Scheduled Caste candidates would have to stick to districts in the Jammu region only as there is nobody from Muslim-dominated Kashmir Valley who falls in that category.
Pitted against each other were lawmakers from the Valley and Jammu until Chief Minister Omar Abdullah knocked on 10, Janpath, the residence of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
From there he got a brief to ensure a provision under which Scheduled Caste candidates could apply for government jobs in any of the 22 districts in the state, sources say.
The crisis was defused and the National Conference-Congress coalition saved.
