Srinagar: Opposition National Conference on Monday claimed there was “extravagant expenditure” for the Chief Minister’s stay at the Budgam Dak Bunglow.
In a statement, a party spokesman said that the inconvenience was caused to the people on account of a blanket unscheduled power-cut to adjoining villages in the district. “The previous similar extravagance for CM’s visits to Kupwara and other places earlier exhibits the Government’s insensitivity towards the people who are reeling under the incompetence and inefficiency of a disconnected State Government,” the spokesman said, adding, “Lakhs of rupees have been spent with the singular purpose of extending extravagant protocol to the Chief Minister at a time when her Government is discredit and isolated from people at the grassroots level due to misgovernance and rampant corruption. We have a touring Chief Minister who cannot get her Cabinet Ministers to respect her authority and attend Cabinet Meetings where vital issues pertaining to policy and governance are discussed. In the absence of a functional cabinet and a devastated State Economy, such unabashed extravagant spending for the Chief Minister’s personal comforts is condemnable and unbecoming.”
The spokesman said crores of rupees have been spent on upgrading the Chief Minister’s Delhi residence too, “indicating the misplaced priorities of this Government.”
“The focus of this Government seems to be singularly on the Chief Minister’s comforts and personal protocol including that of her family members. Our State is reeling under an economic slowdown due to misgovernance and instability and the lack of consideration in such a situation is appalling to say the least. The Administration should realize that it is accountable to the people and cannot go on spending sprees for the CM’s personal comforts and protocol without a sense of austerity and accountability,” spokesman added.
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