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| Ex-Ministers still Ministers | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 6: Nearly two months after they lost not only the room in Civil Secretariat but also the chair in Legislative Assembly, over a dozen and half former Ministers are in no mood to vacate their government bungalows despite being repeatedly requested by the government.
Barring two from Peoples Democratic Party and three others who never moved into the official houses, all former Ministers are still flaunting the status of Ministers and enjoying facilities at public expense as they used to before July 7.
A fortnight after July 7 when Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned as Chief Minister, the Ministers of his council were required to vacate the official bungalows unless not required under recommendations of the security department. However, barring three none of them has offered to vacate the bungalows.
Former Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig’s bungalows –both at Srinagar and Jammu -were got vacated for the former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. Former Minister for Finance Tariq Hameed Karra and former Minister for Forests Qazi Mohammad Afzal have vacated their bungalows at their own. Two former Ministers, Gulchain Singh and Mula Ram had never moved into the government houses as they continued to stay in their private houses even after becoming Ministers. Other former Ministers are reluctant to move into their private facilities.
Not only the Ministers of Azad government but even those who were Ministers in Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s council till October 2005 are still staying put in their official accommodation allotted to them in their capacity as Ministers. Mufti’s council of Ministers had 38 members and only a one-fourth of them were repeated in the Azad cabinet.
In the month of July, the Governor NN Vohra had chaired a meeting in which hints were clearly dropped for getting the government facilities vacated from all those people who were not entitled to. A statement after the meeting was also issued but none of the former Ministers or leaders of the ruling parties of that time volunteered to do so.
“Letters were written to all and many of them were requested over phone but none of them appeared ready to vacate the buildings”, said an official wishing not to be named. He informed that a fresh circular is being issued to inform all illegal occupants of the government buildings to vacate them. |
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