Srinagar, June 29 -- The Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday rejected the People's Democratic Party's allegations of large-scale backdoor appointments through outsourcing, asserting that all recruitments are being carried out through transparent procedures and in accordance with established rules.

"We did not start this outsourcing process. We got it in legacy, just like they (PDP) left us to face the fallout of Article 370 abrogation and division of the erstwhile state," Nasir Aslam Wani, advisor to the chief minister, told reporters here.

Wani, accompanied by ministers Sakina Ittoo and Javed Dar, addressed a press conference to counter the allegations of back-door appointments levelled by opposition PDP president Mehbooba Mufti aga...