Crores spent on chartered flights while aircraft remained idle: Omar

Stating that a huge expenditure spent on chartered flights by the J&K government was unjustified, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah told the Legislative Assembly on Thursday the government-owned aircraft remained parked idle for the past five years at the Jammu airport.

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The chief minister was replying to the debate on his demands for grants.

He said chartered flights were hired while J&K's own aircraft remained parked in the open instead of flying it to Srinagar and parked in the hangar.

Omar said a huge amount of money shall now have to be shelled out to make the aircraft airworthy.

The CM said that the expenditure on state guests cannot be stopped. Expenditure on this account was made by the previous governments and would be continued also in the future.