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Jammu, Apr 1: Cutting across party lines, MLAs on Wednesday expressed concern over the absence of bureaucrats in the Legislative Assembly during Question Hour.
\nAs Question Hour was nearing its end, NC MLA Nazi Gurezi alleged that bureaucrats were taking the House lightly.
\nPointing to the officers\u2019 gallery, the legislator said, \u201cYou look towards the gallery. This House is being taken lightly. I have been a member of this House for 22 years. This gallery used to be packed. The Chief Secretary used to be present during Question Hour. Commissioner Secretaries used to remain present. They think idle people (legislators) are sitting here.\u201d
\nHe urged the Chief Minister to take action against the bureaucrats. \u201cThey should come to the House. The CM should take action against these people. Why are they not coming to the House? Do they think they are above the CM and the House? What do they think of themselves? They are government servants; we are public representatives,\u201d he said.
\nGurezi was supported by all BJP legislators, who stood up in protest against the absence of bureaucrats. Soon, MLAs from NC, PDP, Congress, PC and independents also stood up in protest.
\nIntervening in the matter, Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather said that the topmost officers of the department whose questions are to be taken up should remain present in the House. \u201cWe cannot ask the entire secretariat to sit in the House. There is not much space in the officers\u2019 gallery,\u201d he explained.
\nRaising the issue, BJP\u2019s Sham Lal Sharma said that the rulebook mandates the presence of the concerned administrative secretary of the department whose questions are to be taken up. He suggested that the business of any department whose officers are absent from the gallery should be deferred.
\nHis party colleague Pawan Gupta also questioned the absence of bureaucrats in the House.\u201cThe executive is responsible to the legislature. Why are they not coming to the House? Why are they absent?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

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Jammu, Apr 1: Cutting across party lines, MLAs on Wednesday expressed concern over the absence of bureaucrats in the Legislative Assembly during Question Hour. As Question Hour was nearing its end, NC MLA Nazi Gurezi alleged that bureaucrats were taking the House lightly. 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