Greaterkashmir iconGreaterkashmirSep 8, 2026 ~1 min source read

Where is the Omar Abdullah led NC Government?

Between governmentality, governance and politics, where does the Omar Abdullah led government stand? To the common Kashmiri, the government is missing in action, except for photo ops, self-congratulatory media rants by its MLAs and other unelected honchos.

Where is the Omar Abdullah led NC Government?

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Between governmentality, governance and politics, where does the Omar Abdullah led government stand?

To the common Kashmiri, the government is missing in action, except for photo ops, self-congratulatory media rants by its MLAs and other unelected honchos.

This is a question that befuddles the mind of every Kashmiri.

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Between governmentality, governance and politics, where does the Omar Abdullah led government stand? To the common Kashmiri, the government is missing in action, except for photo ops, self-congratulatory media rants by its MLAs and other unelected honchos. In other words, the Omar Abdullah led government jogs its way by trying to hog the media headlines.

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  • A massive mandate that was given by the people of Jammu and Kashmir was meant to address long standing political grievances, the status of J&K with respect to the broader federal framework of India after...
  • Instead of that what the people of J&K have gotten is a nonfunctional government which neither is into governmentality nor governance, and a party that has lost its way and some would say even soul.
  • The real victims and sufferers of the Omar Abdullah led government are the hapless people of J&K.
  • This is justified by the NC government by blaming the diarchic mode of hybrid governance in J&K defined my dual modes of authority, power and centralized control.
  • There are domains of government and governance that are in the Chief Minister's ambit and that of the elected government.

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Why is not authority exercised in these domains for the overall welfare and wellbeing of the people of J&K?

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  • This is a question that befuddles the mind of every Kashmiri.

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This is what National Conference was not voted for into power. Beyond rhetorical and mostly unkept promises in the party's pre-election manifesto, the common people of J&K only see dazzling displays of authority in the form or security cavalcades, irrelevant media sound bytes by NC members and loyalists, and irrelevant governance if at all it can be called that.

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