In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party Chairman, Harsh Dev Singh, has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is using the administration to retrieve its lost ground ahead of Assembly elections in the territory.
Harsh Dev Singh addressing a gathering at Rakh Batali in Ramgarh area of Samba district in Jammu said, the bureaucrats requisitioned mostly from Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and other Indian states running the affairs of the territory are operating at the behest of BJP leadership while giving a cold shoulder to those in opposition.
He said that there were several reports of officers asking the public to project their issues through certain selected leaders of BJP. So much so that even the emergency works projected by the opposition leaders are not being entertained by a highly prejudiced administration acting under the tutelage of the saffron regime,” he added.
“Not only were the developmental works made the prerogative of the BJP leaders, but the transfers of officials were being made on the instructions and directions of the said leaders. There were several transfer orders in Health and Education Departments besides others which mentioned the names of the recommending authorities, something unheard in democratic jurisprudence which contemplates transfers in the interest of administration rather than on political or other considerations,” Singh rued.
JKNPP leader, Yashpaul Kundal, alleged that several BJP leaders had been allowed to retain palatial government mansions including ministerial bungalows without any entitlement and in violation of the orders of the top court. He said, “Several political affiliates of BJP including ‘Apni Party’ and ‘Peoples Conference’ have been allotted govt bungalows for their political offices in Gandhi Nagar, as revealed in an RTI reply, which speaks volumes about politicization of bureaucracy.”
Kundal added that that in the same way, the administration while withdrawing security cover of opposition leaders had ensured provision of huge paraphernalia of security personnel with even small time workers of BJP providing the most glaring example of political bias entertained by the present regime.—KMS
