JAMMU: Alleging politicization of bureaucracy in J&K, NPP chairman Harsh Dev Singh HAS said that the J&K Administration was being used and abused by the BJP for furtherance of its political prospects and to bog down the opposition parties that attempted to expose its misdeeds.
Addressing a press conference here, Singh said that a culture of quid pro quo had emerged in J&K, where BJP was favouring the bureaucrats with prized postings and the latter helping out the former in its political diversification. It has been established beyond the doubt that the bureaucracy in general has been lending its shoulder to BJP leaders to fire their guns. Pointing towards the illegal occupation of Govt accommodation by the BJP leaders and refusal of the administration to evict them despite categoric orders of the High Court, Singh said this is the extent to which the present bureaucrats could go in their sycophancy of the saffron leaders.
“While the opposition leaders and even the heads of other recognized political parties were thrown out of the estates quarters with the use of police force, the leaders of BJP continue to be retained in the said bunglows at public expense, ” Singh asserted. Further in the recently hold elections of DDCs and even BDCs, several elected candidates crossed floor and defected to BJP and its allies in violation of the spirit of anti- defection law. The Govt functionaries however, failed to act in view of BJP’s pressure and did not even hesitate to defy the said law in their desperation to please their political masters.
Several officers have been openly seen promoting the political philosophy of BJP with none to take note despite several representations made against them. The employees having proximity to BJP leaders are being given plum postings while the ‘inconvenients’ are made to suffer at difficult locations for years.
Senior leaders Rajesh Padgotra and Parshotam Parihar were also present in the conference.
