On Tuesday, reacting sharply to reports about the replacement of Chief Secretary in Jammu and Kashmir, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said J&K administration is divided between two Chief Secretaries.
Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah took to Twitter and said, “Two Chief Secretaries in J&K, an administration split between loyalists of the outgoing CS & others who want to get on with their work but can’t figure out what’s going on. So much for good governance & accountability”.
Recently general administration department of the J&K government issued a government order asking all the administrative secretaries to address all the files to the new chief secretary Arun Kumar Mehta.
This government order evoked a lot of political reactions and most of the politicians in Jammu and Kashmir have sensed that the former chief secretary does not want to move out of Jammu and Kashmir.
One of the journalists in his tweet on this development of two chief secretaries working in Jammu and Kashmir said, “#J&K Today | Aik Vidhan, Aik Nishan & 2 Chief Secretaries | Outgoing CS still retains a car with CS flag, attends meetings chaired by LG & new CS, continues operating from CS office leaving Arun Mehta with no option but to operate from FC office. Is this Good Governance or Arrogance?”
Outgoing chief secretary B V R Subrahmanyam is continuing in his office even as he stands transferred as OSD in the commerce department and would be finally appointed as the union secretary commerce. Subrahmanyam has even attended all the recent meetings held by Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha not only fueling rumors but also surprising the bureaucrats of how to behave with these two chief secretaries.