BJP wants Durbar shift exercise scrapped

The BJP has put the coalition partner, PDP, in a tight spot as the former has demanded “abandoning” of the 145-year-old Durbar move practice. The Durbar move is the relocation of the capital and secretariat from Jammu to Srinagar and vice-versa every six months. The demand, made by BJP spokesperson Virender Gupta in statement on Monday, may trigger a new debate as voices demanding that the practice be scrapped have started getting shriller in Jammu, where the government has gone missing after the Durbar offices shifted to Srinagar. “The practice…

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