Centre's New Rules Leave J&K Chief Minister Powerless Over Police, Ips Officers thewire.in

Srinagar: In the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, when it had special status, the chief minister was the most powerful person in the decision-making process. Now, the rules brought by the Centre for the government in the Union Territory of J&K make it unambiguously clear that the chief minister and her council of ministers would not have any say in matters related to the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Forest Service, Police and Anti- Corruption Bureau.

Reduced to an ornamental figure, the chief minister would not even have the power to transfer a constable of the Jammu & Kashmir Police.

Jammu and Kashmir does not have an elected chief minister since 2018 when the BJP-PDP government collapsed.