Srinagar, Jan. 8 -- Cabinet Minister Javaid Rana criticized Srinagar MP Syed Aga Ruhullah for what he described as contradictory behavior engaging publicly only to later criticize his own party. "What has he been accomplishing in Parliament?" Rana asked. "His role as a National Conference MP is to represent Jammu and Kashmir. He was sent to Delhi for the specific purpose of raising our issues there."

Speaking exclusively with news agency Kashmir News Service (KNS), Minister Rana said MP Srinagar Syed Aga Ruhullah was attempting to position himself as "the hero of the reservation issue," but asserted that "he is not its hero."

"Reservation is not his issue alone; it is an issue for everyone. It is your issue, it is my issue," the Ministe...