Advisor to Chief Minister, Nasir Aslam Wani on Wednesday said that the government is working on strengthening the bond between communities dwelling in Jammu and Kashmir, and stated the restoration of historical darbar move is essential in this direction.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a folk event held in Jammu, Wani said that Omar Abdullah-led government is making concrete efforts in strengthening relations between different communities living in Jammu and Kashmir.
He said the Durbar move – a historical practice of shifting offices to Jammu in winter months – is must to be restored to its erstwhile position so that contact between people-to-people will be ensured and strengthened.
“It is our belief that restoration of Darbar Move is must to restore peoples’ contact. The chief minister 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,” he said.
Wani said besides, such exercises push trade and other social activities to new heights. “So Durbar Moves’ restoration is essential to build strong connections between people of different communities”.
He said the efforts are being made in this regard and meetings with people have been restarted in this direction.
The Lt Governor administration has discontinued the 149-year-old practice of Durbar move.