Confining of activities

15/01/2018

Though the PDP-BJP Coalition Govern ment is going to complete three years within next few months yet majority of its Ministers have not started reaching out to the people in every nook and corner of the State to mitigate their sufferings at their door-steps. The most shocking aspect is that the Ministers are even not paying visits to those districts which have been allotted to them for heading District Development Boards. The slackness on the part of the Ministers of both the coalition partners is being viewed seriously by the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who on her own is leaving no stone unturned to redress the grievances of the people at their doorsteps through her public outreach programme under which several districts have already been covered. While chairing the meeting of Council of Ministers on April 4, 2016, the Chief Minister had told the Ministers in unambiguous terms that they should leave no stone unturned to meet the expectations of the people and in this regard they should not confine their activities to their constituencies but reach out to the people in every nook and corner of the State.
This was reiterated by the Chief Minister in every Council of Ministers meeting particularly held on the opening of Darbar (rotational Civil Secretariat) either in Jammu or in Srinagar. She had cautioned the Ministers against confining activities to their respective constituencies or some particular region on the ground that being members of the Council of Ministers they are the representatives of entire population of Jammu and Kashmir.
However, no seriousness has been shown by majority of the Ministers in reaching out to the people in every nook and corner of the State despite the fact that the Government is going to complete three years within next few months. It has been observed by the Chief Minister’s office that Ministers generally visit different districts either to inaugurate or lay foundation stone for the projects of the departments under their charge. “Even during such visits to the districts the Ministers don’t prefer to convene public grievances redressal camps and their entire focus remains on the specific project”, regretted some of the District Development Commissioners (DDCs) while pleading anonymity.

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