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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah connected Monday (November 3, 2025) near his authoritative residence connected ft for his bureau astatine the Civil Secretariat here, marking the resumption of the biannual 'Darbar Move' aft a spread of 4 years.
As helium walked done Residency Road and Raghunath Bazar, assorted trader associations, including Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, accorded him a expansive invited and lauded his determination to revive the age-old contented that was halted successful 2021.
The 'Darbar Move' involves shifting the Jammu and Kashmir government's offices betwixt Srinagar and Jammu with the changing seasons.
The Civil Secretariat and different determination offices closed successful Srinagar connected October 30 and 31, and started functioning from the wintertime superior connected Monday for the adjacent six months.
The 'Darbar Move' was started by the Dogra rulers astir 150 years ago. It was halted by L-G Sinha successful June 2021, citing the administration's implicit modulation to e-office, which, helium said, would prevention astir ₹200 crore annually.
The determination drew crisp disapproval from assorted quarters, including Jammu's concern community, which termed the determination a stroke to commercialized and the accepted enslaved betwixt the 2 regions. They had been pressing for the revival of the signifier ever since.
On October 16, Mr. Abdullah fulfilled his predetermination committedness by reviving the 'Darbar Move', bringing alleviation to the concern assemblage here.
Mr. Abdullah, accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary and curate Javed Rana, near his authoritative residence astir 9 a.m. and walked a fewer kilometres to scope the civilian secretariat.
Traders turned up successful ample numbers. They garlanded the Chief Minister, showered angiosperm petals and distributed sweets amid drumbeats passim the journey.
The information item of the Chief Minister had a pugnacious clip managing the surging and enthusiastic crowds arsenic helium walked to the Secretariat.
Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Arun Gupta was among the archetypal ones to greet the CM.
