Omar asks bureaucrats in J-K to resist pressure to ‘further disempower’ incoming govt    

National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah Friday asked bureaucrats in Jammu and Kashmir to resist any pressure to “further disempower” the incoming elected government.

“The BJP has clearly accepted defeat in J-K. Why else would the chief secretary be assigned the duty to change transaction of business rules of the government to curtail the powers of the chief minister/elected government and assign the same to the LG?” Abdullah said in a post on X.

The BJP has clearly accepted defeat in J&K. Why else would the Chief secretary be assigned the duty to change transaction of business rules of the government to curtail the powers of the Chief minister / elected government and assign the same to the LG? This information has come…

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) October 4, 2024

The former chief minister of the erstwhile state of J-K said he has received information internal from the civil secretariat about the LG administration’s move.

“Officers would be well advised to resist any pressure to further disempower the incoming elected government,” Abdullah added.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah reacted to NC vice-president's post on X.  "Mr. @OmarAbdullah's tweet is misleading and speculative in nature. There is not even an iota of truth, as there is absolutely no such proposal." (with PTI inputs)

Mr. @OmarAbdullah’s tweet is misleading and speculative in nature. There is not even an iota of truth, as there is absolutely no such proposal. The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act of 2019 passed by the Parliament of India provides for notifying the transaction of business… https://t.co/mJUvjBeHzN

— गृहमंत्री कार्यालय, HMO India (@HMOIndia) October 4, 2024