Jammu Tawi, Apr 4: Soon after the legislators of the ruling alliance led by National Conference passed a resolution that the silence of the elected government in J&K should not be construed as its “weakness,” Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday defended his decision to transfer 48 JKAS officers and maintained that he has acted responsibly and entirely within the domain defined by J&K Reorganization Act.
The Lieutenant Governor said, “I want to make it absolutely clear — the Parliament passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act in 2019, and I am saying with responsibility that I have acted entirely within the domain defined by that Act.”
“I know my jurisdiction and I will never violate it. I will not do anything beyond the scope of the powers granted to me,” he said.
The Lieutenant Governor broke his silence after the legislative party meeting of the ruling National Conference and its alliance partners passed two resolutions, one of which sought respecting the mandate of the people – a veiled reference to the growing disquiet between the Raj Bhavan and the six-month-old government in the Union Territory.
