Srinagar, March 14 -- J&K Peoples Conference President and MLA Handwara Sajad Lone on Saturday said that the recently published JKAS statistical results validated his party's longstanding stance on reservations.

The findings, he noted, reaffirm almost precisely the arguments he has made both on the floor of the Assembly and through earlier data presentations on social media.

"The JKAS statistical results endorse almost every point I have raised on behalf of my party in the Assembly," Lone said. "The projections nearly overlap with our claims."Lone, who has consistently framed the reservations debate in structural rather than procedural terms, said the core problem continues to be misdiagnosed.

"The single biggest problem in reservations ...