‘Govt promoting mediocrity, nepotism’
National Conference on Wednesday expressed anguish and questioned the silence of Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, over the “brazen nepotism” being allegedly promoted by the PDP BJP government.
In a statement, NC provincial spokesperson, Imran Nabi Dar, said that present regime was“throwing all rules and regulations to winds”.
“How come posts of director, a commissioner and other high profile appointments are being made without following the set protocol? The government is making it clear that merit has no value in the present regime,” Dar said.
Citing the recent appointments of “unqualified and undeserving” candidates to the plum posts in the government departments, he said, “Such appointments have no precedence. Clearly these people were blue eyed persons close to corridors of power.”
He alleged said that the agenda behind bringing in such people “is to pave way for adjusting more undeserving people in these so called missions and programmes”.
“Media reports are full of documentary evidence exposing the rot within the administration. No sooner after one of the director’s own appointment, he conducted bogus interviews to adjust more blue eyed people in the said mission,” the spokesperson said.
“Series of arbitrary appointments are being made without necessary approval. The only thing visible in this government is nepotism and blatant corruption which in itself has become one of the main reasons for the growth of anger and alienation among the youth of Kashmir.”
“What justice can one expect from Mehbooba Mufti when it’s her government which is making a cruel joke out of programmes and missions of poverty alleviation and development?” he questioned
Dar said that the government should come out with an explanation as to how and why such appointments were made. “People have a right to know why this government is hell-bent on corroding the laid down rules ofappointments. What was the claim of the recently elevated candidates to such posts?”
Dar said that these appointments have “bred anger and frustration” in the KAS officers. “ They KAS officers have given their sweat and blood of years in a bid to qualify for higher posts but are being systematically sidelined.Secretariat has become a breeding ground for corruption and nepotism and it’s the CM sand her coterie that is behind the mess,” the spokesperson said.
