Budgam, Nov 22 (KNS): National Conference Vice-President and former chief minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said that the matter of terminating government employees will be revisited once regime changes in Jammu and Kashmir. He was responding to a government's move of terminating four employees which include a senior doctor and a policeman from their services.
"I want to say whether allegations against the terminated employees are true or untrue, they should have been given due space to prove their innocence. It is unfortunate, but let the regimes changes in J&K this matter will be revisited," former chief minister Omar Abdullah as per Kashmir News Service (KNS) said while speaking on the sidelines of a function in Beerwah area of central Kashmir's Budgam district.
He said it is unfortunate that employees are being terminated day in and day out through mere paper orders, and added instead of providing employment to people the government is resorting to dismiss employees from services. " Where are those 32000 jobs government has provided to youth of J&K. They are just saying it ... otherwise we didn't see any list who have been employed. What we saw scams are being unearthed, lists are being canceled and investigations being set up," Omar Abdullah said.
He said it is our right to raise voices against the wrongdoings of government and we will continue it.
To a query, the former chief minister said we have never handed over power projects to NHPC, instead it was compulsion then. "We have repeatedly said that NHPC earned a lot from these projects, so time has come to return these power projects to people of J&K. I appeal to Prime Minister Narender Modi to take a call on it and return these power projects to J&K," he said. (KNS)