Srinagar, July 4 -- Peoples Conference president and Handwara legislator Sajad Gani Lone on Thursday called for a "scientific and statistical analysis" of the reservation policy, claiming that it disproportionately affects the Kashmiri-speaking ethnic group.

Lone, in a statement, said that he has filed an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act to gather recruitment data from the last ten government examinations. This data, he said, will help create a "statistically scientific basis" to evaluate the policy's impact.

"We need the actual marks scored by candidates and the final selection list. By comparing a merit list without reservation with one where reservation is applied, we can quantify the damage inflicted on the Kashm...