J&K: New administrative units a poll-time gimmick

Over the last week, the stand off between Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s National Conference and the Congress on the creation of new administrative units in J&K had dangerously frayed the Congress-NC coalition. But on Saturday, the state cabinet accepted the Congress-led cabinet sub committee’s (CSC’s) plan for the creation of 659 new units — about three times the number recommended by the Mushtaq Ganai committee report, championed by Abdullah.

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