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| Out of State pocket, JK Netas used to get free laptops, apple phones and free internet | | Now past legislators plundered peoples' money for lavishing lifestyles | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 13: Rights and social groups have been urging the central government to initiate a thorough probe into the plunder of the state exchequer done by the previous regimes in Jammu and Kashmir in the name of perks, sops and doles.
As per the reports coming to fore, the government has been receiving plethora of requests from various social groups in which pleas are being made that it should thoroughly hold probe into the embezzlements that have been done by the previous governments in Jammu and Kashmir so that they could avail a very luxurious lifestyle for themselves and for their families. "The plunder of the state exchequer needs to be examined thoroughly and it needs to be seen what has been done to those gadgets which were gifted to the legislators," says an official.
One such complaint rakes up the purchase of the laptops for the legislators, a majority of them didn't even know how to even operate an android phone.
In addition to the mouth watering perks, luxurious cars, whooping salaries, interest free loans, the government used to spend crores of rupees for the purchase of the lap tops for the legislators but ironically not even a single legislator was ever seen with the gadget in both the houses of the Jammu and Kashmir state legislature.
The trend of gifting laptops was started by NC Vice President Omar Abdullah when he became the chief minister in the year 2009. It was on January 30, 2010 when he gifted laptops to all the legislators of the state. Omar at that time had mentioned that the laptops would make the law makers more updated and informed. In addition to these high configuration gadgets, hundreds of broadband internet connections were brought and given away to MLAs and MLCs.
Reports have informed that a high configuration Dell laptop was given to each law maker in Jammu and Kashmir. Pertinently, there were 89 legislators in the assembly (87 elected and two nominated) and 30 in the legislative council.
It was not the first time that luxuries to his legislators were accorded. In March 2011, Omar amended the law governing salary and pension of legislators. Rupees 10 crore were spent on the revised perks and on an average every legislator received at least 10 lakh rupees. That means 8 crore and 70 lakh as the arrears. Interestingly, at that time the state government employees were on roads demanding the pending arrears of the 6th pay commission. Later, after beating and detentions during protests, the arrears in 5 installments arrears transferred in their G.P Fund accounts.
A Senior official told Early Times that when the laptos were given to the legislators, it should have been made sure by the government that the use of same be ensured for the people of the state but ironically not even a single time did anyone see the law makers in the past carrying laptop in the house . "What for the laptops were given to the legislators continues to be a mystery," he added. |
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