Jammu: Nasir Aslam Wani, Advisor to Chief Minister, said on Wednesday that the government is working on strengthening the bond between communities dwelling in Jammu and Kashmir, and stated the restoration of ‘Darbar move’ was essential for it.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a folk event in Jammu, Wani said that Omar Abdullah-led government is taking concrete efforts in strengthening relations between different communities living in Jammu and Kashmir.
He stated that Darbar move – the historical practice of shifting offices to Jammu in winter months – is to be restored so that people-to-people contact is ensured and strengthened.
“It is our belief that restoration of the Darbar move is necessary to restore peoples’ contact. The chief minister J&K has already expressed this wish many times in the recent past. In this winter you have seen Jammu has witnessed good footfall of people from different areas after a pause of several years, who come here to live together and share their culture with other communities. This makes peoples’ bonding strong. Besides, such exercises push trade and other social activities to new heights. So Darbar move restoration is essential to build strong connections between people of different communities,” Advisor Wani said.
He said the efforts are being made in this regard and meetings with people have been restarted in this direction.
About the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the valley, he said the chief minister has already taken up this issue. “The CM has taken a decision to reconstitute the apex committee to ensure the return of Pandits back to the valley. The government wants them to return and live in Kashmir like they lived in the past, alongside their Muslims brethren,” he said.
