Saturday 16th May, 2026
Srinagar, Mar 18: (UNI) Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday alleged that officers who supported early Assembly elections in the state are being browbeaten and threatened using their performance and appraisals against them to get them to toe the line.
Asserting that no honest officer should fear these threats, Mr Abdullah said, “We must put the greater good ahead of our personal preferences & benefits.”
“I’m shocked to hear how officers who have supported early assembly elections are being browbeaten & threatened using their performance appraisals against them to get them to toe the line,” Mr Abdullah, who is the Vice President of National Conference (NC), wrote on micro-blogging site twitter.
“No honest officer should fear these threats. We must put the greater good ahead of our personal preferences & benefits. Those people making the threats will not remain in the state for very long,” he added.
Hitting out at a section of bureaucracy, Mr Abdullah said some have no stakes in the state and some are looking at post retirement postings in cushy appointments. “Whatever their reasons they have chosen to put their personal interest ahead of the greater good,” he said.
“One day we will talk about the cabal of officers in J&K who for their own selfish reasons have taken it upon themselves to scuttle democracy in the state,” he added.