Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 10: National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah today criticised the Government’s order of keeping the Move offices functional in both regions of the Union territory, saying it would create confusion among the people.
“This order regarding the bi-annual ‘durbar move’ is just mindless rubbish at worst & needless tokenism at best. So the offices can’t shift to Srinagar because of #Covid_19, I get that. What I don’t get is what Srinagar secretariat will do without files or senior officers,” Abdullah wrote on Twitter.
The NC leader asked the government to withdraw the order and instead delay the ‘Darbar Move’ till the COVID-19 threat was over.
“Most of the Kashmir based employees are in Jammu since the Secretariat was functioning in Jammu over the winter so who will operate out of the Srinagar secretariat? If Srinagar Secretariat has no employees, no officers & no files what is it being opened for?
“This order of two ‘functioning Secretariats’ will just create confusion because no one will know which secretariat to approach to get their work done. It would be better to withdraw this order & just delay the move of offices till the #COVID-19 threat has passed,” the NC leader said.
Meanwhile, as the upward spiral of Coronavirus cases continued in Kashmir valley, Omar appealed to people to cooperate with authorities so that the spread of the infection can be controlled without further loss of life.
Abdullah, who is the vice President of National Conference (NC), said it is reassuring that there is an increase in testing, contact tracing and greater vigilance.
‘’24 new cases of #Covid_19 in Kashmir. The reassuring thing is this the result of increased testing, greater vigilance & contact tracing. We must continue to cooperate with the local authorities so that the spread of this virus can be controlled without further loss of life,’’ Abdullah wrote on micro-blogging site twitter.
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