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The Jammu and Kashmir Government has constituted an enquiry committee to look into the process followed for the enactment of the J&K shot squad for the nationalist competition, Santosh Trophy 2025.
Jammu witnessed a concatenation of protests against the enactment of the Santosh Trophy shot squad by the Sports Council, with protesters demanding the scrapping of the list.
Sports Minister Satish Sharma assured a time-bound and impartial enquiry into the squad enactment aft the BJP alleged favoritism against the Jammu portion and demanded his resignation.
According to a authorities bid issued connected Wednesday (December 17, 2025), authorisation has been accorded to the constitution of a nine-member committee to ascertain facts successful the substance successful a time-bound manner.
The committee volition beryllium headed by Anuradha Gupta, manager general, Youth Services and Sports.
The committee has been asked to behaviour a elaborate enquiry into the enactment process, taxable recommendations based connected findings, and contiguous the study wrong 7 days, the bid said.
The enquiry sheet has besides been asked to question inputs and comments from the nationalist successful Jammu and Srinagar.
Besides the BJP, the Jammu and Kashmir Congress, confederation spouse successful the NC-led government, has besides questioned the alleged bias successful the enactment of shot players and demanded an autarkic enquiry into the matter.
As per the allegations, of the 20 players selected for the J&K Santosh Trophy squad, lone 1 belongs to the Jammu region, portion the remaining players are from Kashmir. Per the complaints, 74 players from Jammu were shortlisted and participated successful the enactment trials but failed to marque the last team, prompting questions implicit the enactment process.
