Srinagar Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday said that there is no need for a shadow cabinet as the elected government in Jammu and Kashmir will fulfil the promises made to the people.
Speaking to reporters after offering condolences to Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Moulvi Umar Farooq and National Conference MLA Hasnain Masoodi, the Chief Minister, according to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that the departments have been directed to ensure better facilities to the people in Ramadan.
Omar visited the residence of Dr Ghulam Sibtain Masoodi in Hyderpora, who passed away this week. Dr Sibtain was brother NC leader Hasnain Masoodi and father-in-law of Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq
The Chief Minister told reporters that the government is trying to ensure adequate electricity and water supply, especially during Sehri and Iftari.
Asked about the “shadow cabinet” formed by the BJP, he said that there is no provision of such a cabinet in the country. “We have only one cabinet. There is no need for a shadow cabinet. The BJP has ruled in the past and now it is the time for an elected government to serve the public. We will work to fulfil all the promises made to the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.
Earlier, KNO had reported that in a first such move by an opposition party in Jammu & Kashmir, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has formed a “shadow cabinet” to keep a close watch on the performance of the National Conference-led government in the Union Territory.
Sources had said that BJP has formed a group of senior MLAs to closely examine performance of different departments and question their performance within and outside the Assembly. “The party has tasked senior MLAs, who served as ministers in the previous PDP-BJP government, to closely monitor departments assigned to them for assembly interventions and other issues,” they had said—(KNO)
