Jammu, Oct 16: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, on Thursday, announced that the file related to the resumption of full Darbar Move was approved by the Lieutenant Governor, and soon an order would be issued.
He was addressing a press conference at the Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan in the National Conference office in Jammu to mark the completion of one year of his government in office.
“In the first instance, why was this pre-47, historically significant practice stopped? They (BJP) taunt us that we don’t understand the history of this region and we don’t respect those great luminaries of J&K. Ironically, the BJP has played the biggest role in ravaging that glorious legacy,” CM Omar stated, targeting the BJP.
The Chief Minister said that his party (NC) had made a promise to the J&K people to restore this practice.
“The cabinet approved the decision to restore it (Darbar Move). That file for approval was sent to the Lieutenant Governor, who signed it and sent it back. I’ve signed the file for the resumption of the full Darbar Move. I hope that this order will be issued soon, restoring the historic practice,” he announced.
When his attention was drawn to his past statement criticising the Darbar move practice, the Chief Minister remarked that his remarks (in the past) were not a sovereign commitment.
“That was an idea which I shared. Right now, we have delivered what we committed to in our manifesto. It should be commended that we fulfilled our promise. In case, in future, it requires some changes, they will be considered,” he asserted.
“What is important is to notice that Jammu was marginalised by those who represented it, and its (Jammu’s) marginalisation was ended by those who were seen and projected as anti-Jammu. NC was always painted as a Kashmir-based party and not as a Jammu-Kashmir party. I hope with this restoration that propaganda will end,” he said.
