No problem with Centre, except on statehood, but L-G interfering: Omar

J&K CHIEF MINISTER

- DIVYAA

Omar Abdullah has said that while the BJP-led NDA regime at the Centre was “sort of well disposed” towards his administration, except on the issue of statehood, the same did not hold true for its appointee Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha who was “essentially interfering” in the functioning of an “elected government”.Speaking at the Express Adda Wednesday, Abdullah also spoke about his unease in using “the words Union Territory and Jammu-Kashmir in the same sentence”.

Referring to Sinha, he said, “In spite of the fact that he has on numerous occasions publicly said that he is only responsible for security, and law and order, and everything else is the domain of the elected government, that has not been translated on the ground. I can name institutions that should ordinarily have transferred to the elected government that haven't so far,” he said.

Responding to questions on a range of other issues as well, Abdullah sought to make a distinction between the Opposition finding fault with voting machines, which he was not in favour of, and the functioning of the Election Commission where, he said, “We have a problem”.