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ESPITE heading a
coalition government
for last five years Chief
Minister Omar Abdullah is
growing impatient and is in
great hurry to constitute new
Administrative units, even at
the cost of inviting wrath of
the Congress party.
Creation of these units was
hanging in balance since
2009 but now as the coalition
is nearing its completion term
the alliance partners have
developed fears if they would
succumb before each other
their core constituency would
be adversely hit. Interestingly,
little efforts have been made
to resolve the issue amicably.
On Saturday unhappy Chief
Minister Omar Abdullah let
loose his anger over the attitude of the Congress party
with regard to creation of new
Administrative units and went
on to claim "Some people are
creating hurdles for me in this
endeavour (to set up administrative units). I know how to
use what resources at which
time to fulfill my mission".
Without naming his coalition partner-the Congress
party Omar also said , "As
long as I am on the chair of
the Chief Minister, I promise
that I will keep fighting for setting up of the units like niabats, blocks, tehsils and subdivisions," .
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The Chief Minister's attack
on Congress came after the
latter demanded that the proposal to set up new administrative units at ground level be
examined before being set
up.
The five-member committee headed by Ganai was
constituted in 2010 for looking
into the demands for creation
of new administrative units in
the State after the report of
another committee headed by
former Chief Secretary SS
Bloreia was termed as inconclusive by the government in
2009.
It submitted its report to the
Government
in
2011.
However when the report
came in for discussion in the
Cabinet in January 2013, the
Revenue Department was
asked to work out "more
details" before a decision
could be taken on it.
Sources
said
the
Department was asked to
carry out a detailed exercise
regarding the infrastructure
and manpower required and
financial implications involved
in order to roll out the recommendations
of
the
Committee.
The creation of the new
units would be a "great challenge" for the government
having little resources in its
kitty to meet the financial
implications for creating infrastructure and meeting nonplan expenditures.
At present the Cabinet Sub
Committee (CSC) headed by
Deputy Chief Minister Tara
Chand is visiting various districts to check the recommendations by S S Bloeria and
Ganai Commissions to set up
the new units.
Omar's attack on the
Congress on delaying setting
up of new administrative units
came even as he had set
January 15 deadline for the
CSC to submit its report.
It remains to be seen
whether the cabinet sub committee headed by Deputy
Chief Minister Tara Chand
would succumb to the pressure tactic or recommend setting up of another panel to
douse the flames of fire which
are threatening to engulf the
alliance govt.
In response to the tough
posturing adopted by the
National Conference a senior
Congress leader and Minister
in the Cabinet described the
Chief Minister's stand as
"politically motivated''.
(Contd. on Page 3)