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October 2026

Details: Written by: JK Monitor News Network; Published: 17 January 2025

JAMMU: All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC), a premier organization working for strengthening the role of elected Urban and Local Bodies in J & K has made serious allegation against the ‘elite mindset’ of bureaucracy in J & K for undermining the democratic norms in the union territory. The Organization has raised concerns regarding the deliberate omission of photos of the incumbent Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary and other Ministers from the official websites of the Jammu and Kashmir government.

AJKPC alleged that, this practice of not hosting and displaying the photo of the Chief Minister and concerned minister on the official website appears to be intentional and done with a purpose to satisfy the ego of the elite bureaucracy , the organization stated that this practice signify a deviation from conventional government protocol, which often includes the display of images of elected representatives including CM, Dy CM and concerned ministers on official websites of the departments.

Anil Sharma, President of the AJKPC in a media interaction informed that in an online survey conducted by the volunteers of the organization of dozens of official websites of the J & K government, it has been found that in many websites only the photo of Honourable Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha is displayed along with the photo of the administrative secretary or head of the department.

Giving an example of the lapse, AJKPC President informed that all the official district websites hosts only the photo of the Lieutenant Governor and the concerned District Magistrate, there is no display of image of the Chief Minister in any district website.

The Panchayat leader said that the district website does not belong to DCs or DMs but it belongs to the district where they are posted, the officers must respect the people’s mandate. He also informed that though the official website of Divisional Commissioner, Jammu hosting the photo of the LG and CM but official website of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir hosting the photos of LG, Chief Secretary and the Divisional Commissioner but photo of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is missing.

“The officers in J & K are so obsessed with self ego that they even don’t undermine to bypass democratic norms, why do they wish to display their own photos on official websites and even in government advertisements” Sharma questioned, while condemning the attitude of the Baabus.

Sharma urged the LG Manoj Sinha to intervene in the matter and issue necessary directions to the concerned to rectify this lacuna. He also asked the In charge of J & K Chapter of NIC, National Informatics Centre to look into this matter.

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