Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 10: BJP committed to strengthen Urban Local Bodies by ensuring every needed step like 74th amendment, said Urban Local Body Cell of BJP Jammu & Kashmir Incharge Sanjay Kumar Baru while talking to reporters here, today.
He also put forth demand for more infrastructure and additional funds as well as Protocol and Security cover to Councilors.
J&K BJP Media incharge Dr. Pardeep Mahotra and JMC councillor and co convener of the Cell Sharda Kumari were also present in the press briefing held at party headquarter, Trikuta Nagar.
Sanjay Kumar Baru paid tributes to the recently martyred BJP leader & Sarpanch, Ghulam Rasool Dar along with his wife who was also Kissan Morcha district president from Kulgam. He strongly condemned the incident and said that seeing the unprecedented development in whole of Jammu & Kashmir, terrorists are frustrated beyond limits. He said that those enemies of mankind will never succeed in their evil designs and soon they all will be neutralized by our security forces.
Sanjay Baru said that whereas, on the initiatives of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi 73rd and 74th amendments were incorporated in J&K, but still 74th amendment is not fully implemented in Jammu and he requested LG of J&K, Manoj Kumar Sinha that those responsible for this dilly dallying approach be identified and dealt strongly. Excellent steps being taken by LG are not fully supported by certain skewed persons for their own vested or regional interests, he rued.
Baru, in wake of continued attacks on the lives of public representatives requested that the Municipal councilors be also given protocol and security as per on the pattern of DDC members so that they can serve the community with free mind. He also demanded that the office infrastructure and man power be increased at all the Municipal Councils and Committees for the effective development works.
He further added there are many pending DPRs lying unattended concerning development work in various areas and requested to LG that additional funds may please be released to ease out the public mitigations. He also put his point for the effective drainage system in Jammu and demanded for additional scheme on the pattern of “Amrut”.
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