Bureaucrats will have to respond to MLAs: Omar Abdullah

Srinagar, Oct 10: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) vice president and the Chief Ministerial candidate Omar Abdullah has said that the bureaucrats are accountable to an elected government.Omar, who was once elected as India’s youngest Chief Minister and is now set to take that chair again, although with less powers, said, a DC (District Commissioner) can’t ignore an MLA, neither can an SP (Superintendent of Police).So, people’s work will get done. Up until now, they just haven’t had a voice. These officers haven’t been willing to listen to anybody,” Omar told Indian Express.He said wait for the government to form and see how people will flock the Secretariat. The lines outside the Secretariat today tells how disconnected the present administration has been from the people they are supposed to be serving.