Srinagar, Jan. 27 -- The din reemerged when over 60 per cent candidates qualified the recent exams with reservation.

By Muskan Yousuf

BEYOND the festive celebrations and frenetic criticism, the recent results of the reservation-ridden Jammu Kashmir Administrative Services (JKAS) exam once again highlighted the growing marginalization of General Category in the region where merit is already passing through a series of litmus tests.

Of the 187 successful candidates that the recent JKAS panned out with, more than half belong to the reserved categories.

A total of 90 candidates qualified in the open merit, of which 22 belong to the reserved categories-most from the Residents of Backward Area (RBA) and Scheduled Caste (SC).

The remaining ...