Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Jan 29: Former Minister and Apni Party vice president, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali has alleged that delaying Legislative Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir has disempowerment the people here.
“We are unfortunate that Assembly elections were not declared in Jammu and Kashmir whereas the other States across India have held series of elections in phased manner and the people elected the Govt of their choice,” Zulfkar Ali said while addressing one day workers’ meeting in Rajouri.
While expressing anguish over the delay in elections, Zulfkar explained how the absence of an elected Govt has created dissatisfaction among the people regarding development and their day-to-day issues. He recalled how the country celebrated 75th Republic Day with zeal and enthusiasm and underlined the importance of having an elected Govt that would address the public issues.
“The constitution in a democratic country empowers people to elect their own Govt and frame policies that are public friendly and bring the changes in the society as per the expectation of the people. However, Jammu and Kashmir has been deprived of elections for the last several years and Babus are ruling the historic erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir,” he asserted.
A threadbare discussion over the emerging political situation and its adverse impact on the people, the increasing gap between the people and the administration, unaddressed public issues, was held during the meeting.
Prominent among those who attended workers’ meet included- District president, Rajouri, Syed Manzoor Hussain Shah Bukhari; Fazal Chauhan, Choudhary Mir Hussain, Karam Din, former BDC – Shamim Akhtar, Khalil-ur-Rahman Lone, Sofi Alam Din, Balwant Singh, Wazir Singh, Sachin Singh, Sobha Singh, Ashfaq Lone, Shabir Chowdhary, Anwar Shah, Dilpazir, Arif Rather, Shafqat Chouhan and Mushtaq Ahmed.
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