No bigger admission of failure Omar on J-K admin seeking Armys help to overcome power crisis
Srinagar Dec 19 PTI There is no bigger admission of failure for a civilian administration than to call upon the Army to operate its power supply infrastructure as it means the authorities have accepted a total breakdown of governance NC vice-president Omar Abdullah said on SundayHis remarks came after the Jammu administration sought the services of the police and the Army to operate grid stations in the city Electricity supply was affected in several parts of the region as a strike by power development department employees against privatisation and other issues entered its second dayThe army has been called to operate the power infrastructure in Jammu division of JK There is no bigger admission of failure for a civilian administration than to call upon the army it means a total breakdown of governance has been accepted by the JK government the NC leader wrote on TwitterEarlier the former Jammu Kashmir chief minister had asked the administration to leave privatisation decisions to an elected governmentThe JK administration may be able to claim constitutional authority to privatise the assets of JK but it completely lacks the political authority Decisions of this nature with far reaching consequences should be left to an elected government he said PTI SSB IJT

Srinagar Dec 19 PTI There is no bigger admission of failure for a civilian administration than to call upon the Army to operate its power supply infrastructure as it means the authorities have accepted a total breakdown of governance NC vice-president Omar Abdullah said on SundayHis remarks came after the Jammu administration sought the services of the police and the Army to operate grid stations in the city Electricity supply was affected in several parts of the region as a strike by power development department employees against privatisation and other issues entered its second dayThe army has been called to operate the power infrastructure in Jammu division of JK There is no bigger admission of failure for a civilian administration than to call upon the army it means a total breakdown of governance has been accepted by the JK government the NC leader wrote on TwitterEarlier the former Jammu Kashmir chief minister had asked the administration to leave privatisation decisions to an elected governmentThe JK administration may be able to claim constitutional authority to privatise the assets of JK but it completely lacks the political authority Decisions of this nature with far reaching consequences should be left to an elected government he said PTI SSB IJT