JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said that his government’s decision to revive the age-old ‘Darbar Move’ tradition was aimed at bridging the emotional and administrative gap between the twin capitals—Jammu and Srinagar—asserting that certain things “should not be weighed in money.”

The century-old tradition, which involves shifting the J&K government’s offices from Srinagar to Jammu during winter and back to Srinagar in summer, officially resumed as the Civil Secretariat and other offices began functioning from Jammu on Monday. The offices had closed in Srinagar on October 30 and 31.

“Some people always try to create a wedge between Jammu and Srinagar and rake up ‘Jammu versus Kashmir’ for political advantage. We want to address that wedge and remove the di

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