Jammu, Nov 3: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said his government’s decision to revive the age-old ‘Darbar Move’ tradition aims to bridge the emotional and regional divide between Jammu and Srinagar, asserting that some matters “should not be weighed in money.”

The ‘Darbar Move’, a 150-year-old practice started by the Dogra rulers, involves the biannual shifting of the Civil Secretariat and other government offices between the two capitals — to Jammu during winter and Srinagar in summer. The move offices closed in Srinagar on October 30 and 31 and reopened in Jammu on Monday for the next six months.

Addressing reporters, Abdullah said, “Some people always try to create a wedge between Jammu and Srinagar and rake up ‘Jammu versus Kashmir’ for political advantage.

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