Srinagar: At the time when they are most needed in Kashmir to fill governance vacuum, almost all the Cabinet minister of Omar Government have preferred to keep their vote bank intact in their respective constituencies rather than to attend civil secretariat.
A Visit to civil secretariat on Wednesday painted a dismal picture of the power corridors. Mantri Sahab Jammu main hain the minster is in Jammu said a peon outside official chamber of senior congress leader and minister.
Similarly when KNS Correspondent visited another Congress minister chamber, it was locked and the peon of this minister said that Sahab Ji Yaha nahi aaye bhut din say–he has not come here from several days.
Work in the departments involving public dealing has come to a grinding halt. Though higher ranking officials reach the offices but are not able to work in absence of the in-charge Ministers. You need the presence of Ministers if you want to do some work, said a Secretariat official wished anonymity.
Unable to bear the enormous pressure and work load without the ministers sources informed that some of the high ranking Secretariat officials prefer to go for leave or do not attend offices on some or the other pretext.
The visitors and the workers of the NC Congress expressed displeasure over the functioning of the Ministries. I came here from Uri to meet Fisheries minister Manohar Lal but the officials told me that he has not attended his office from last four days. Minister first promises lot and then fails to deliver the same. The Civil Secretariat reminds me of the Governor’s Rule, it presents the same picture, no public representative and no public,Imran Ahmad Khan of Bijhama Uri said.
The number of visitors to the Civil Secretariat has considerably gone down due to absence of Ministers from the Civil Secretariat. Meanwhile sources said that even the NC ministers chose to stay away from the civil secretariat on one pretext or the other causing great inconvenience to the litigants coming from far off places.
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