
If PM, HM and FM have helped J&K, what's wrong in thanking them: Omar Abdullah
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that he is not ashamed of thanking the Prime Minister, Home Minister and Finance Minister of the country if they have helped J&K in any way.
Abdullah, while speaking in the J&K Assembly responded to the opposition remarks regarding his expression of gratitude for the central government. The opposition leader Sajad Lone even referred to the budget as a Love Letter to the BJP and acceptance of everything the National Conference opposed politically in the last five years.
“What is wrong in thanking anyone? I am thankful if someone has done something that helped J&K. Should we not acknowledge it? PM, HM, FM have helped J&K. Should I feel ashamed about that?” said Abdullah adding, “I am thankful to them and will do so again. I am thankful that they helped J&K.” The J&K CM urged the opposition to realize the fact that the region does not stand on its own feet and is not financially independent, something the PDP-BJP government has also mentioned in its last budget document of 2018.
“For Rs 35000 crore work, we have to spend Rs 70,000 crore as salaries and other things. If we run any private company like this it will also shut in sometime,” said Abdullah.
The CM said that J&K is often compared with Delhi, despite the fact that Delhi is financially independent and runs a revenue surplus budget. “When Arvind Kejriwal tried to make a budget. Officers of his own administration issued advertisements in newspapers against the budget. This is the pain of preparing a budget in the UT set up,” said Abdullah.
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The CM said that whatever he speaks is dubbed as a love letter. “I accept that this (budget) is a love letter to the BJP, PC, PDP, NC, CPI(M),