Leader of Opposition Sunil Kumar Sharma on Saturday criticised Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, accusing him of focusing more on foreign tours than governance and calling him a “tourist-in-chief”.
As per BJP statement, Sharma alleged that the Chief Minister had been away from Jammu and Kashmir for the past 10 days and was behaving more like a globetrotting traveller than the elected head of a sensitive Union Territory.
“Omar Abdullah seems to be under the impression that he is running a travel blog and not a government. While the Chief Minister is busy on foreign tours, people in Jammu and Kashmir are facing problems related to electricity, water supply and healthcare,” Sharma said.
He further criticised Abdullah for holding charge of multiple departments, including Finance, Power Development, General Administration, Tourism and Revenue.
“A normal person cannot do justice to more than one or two departments, but he controls nearly 50 percent of the administration. How can you leave the Civil Secretariat and proceed on foreign tours when so many departments are directly under your charge?” Sharma asked.
The BJP leader also referred to a previous controversy regarding the Chief Minister’s proposed visit to Paris during a period when apple growers in Kashmir were allegedly facing difficulties due to highway disruptions.
“When the highway was shut and growers were suffering, the Chief Minister planned a Paris visit but had to drop it after criticism,” he claimed.
Sharma further said the BJP would lodge a “missing report” over Abdullah’s absence from Jammu and Kashmir.
“We are going to file a missing report at Police Station Ram Munshi Bagh regarding Omar Abdullah’s disappearance. We are also consulting legal experts about filing a habeas corpus petition seeking his appearance before the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.(KINS)
