Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 2: Reiterating its demand for establishing three-tier Panchayati Raj system in the State, All Jammu Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Governor Satya Pal Malik for early conduct of Block Development Council (BDC) and District Development and Planning Board (DDPB) polls in J&K.
“The exercise of holding peaceful and successful Panchayat elections would be a meaningless and futile exercise if the Government does not establish three-tier Panchayati Raj system in J&K. We appeal the Prime Minister and the Governor for early conduct of BDC and DDPB elections in the state,” said Anil Sharma who was unanimously re-elected as State President of AJKPC here.
“It would be a great disrespect and dishonour to the mandate of electorate if the Centre and the State government backtrack from its commitment of having full empowerment of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) by holding BDC and DDPB elections in the State. We hope that the Prime Minister, who is visiting Jammu and Kashmir tomorrow, will make the announcement for strengthening of PRIs,” Sharma said.
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He also demanded for constitution of separate election and finance commission for PRIs in Jammu and Kashmir.
While favouring early Assembly polls in the State, the leader said, “It is the beauty of democracy that all democratic institutions of the state should be strengthened and made fully functional as it would empower the people and resolve their basic issues”.
Earlier, around a hundred of Panchs and Sarpanchs re-elected Anil Sharma as State President of AJKPC with unanimous voice-vote and posed their faith in his able leadership.
AJKPC also re-constituted its body and elected Sarpanch Ram Paul Sharma as general secretary of the organization while Vijay Tagotra was elected as State secretary, Avtar Singh as working president of Jammu district and Sansar Singh as working president of district Udhampur.
Sarpanch Jagram Sharma, Sarpanch Arvinder Singh Sambyal and Balbir Singh were nominated as State executive members of AJKPC, while Nirmal Kesar as State convener of Youth AJKPC.
Several Sarpanches including Anil Kumar Barsala, Ram Lal, Mansa Ram, Ravinder Chib, Jatinder Singh, Kashmira Singh, Mohan Singh, Lala Kishore Sharma, Ashwani Kumar and S. Surindet Singh were also present on the occasion.
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