Srinagar, June 23 -- Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet Minister Sakeena Itoo on Monday said the reservation review panel was not formed in response to political noise or social media pressure but to genuinely address public concerns.

"The reservation committee was not formed because someone tweeted about it. It's not for them, it's for the people," she said while speaking to reporters in Tangmarg. "We are serious. That is why a cabinet sub-committee was constituted and given a six-month deadline."

She said the sub-committee completed its report just one day before the deadline. "The report was submitted to the cabinet, and the cabinet then sent it to the Law Department for vetting," she added.

Reassuring the public of the government's commitme...