Excelsior Correspondent
CHENANI, June 15: Calling for early restoration of statehood to J&K and installation of an elected Govt, Harsh Dev Singh, former Minister and NPP leader today said that prolonged central rule in the erstwhile State was a negation of the constitutional guarantees enshrined in the Constitution of India.
While addressing public meetings in Kossar and Banek villages of Chenani constituency, he said that several assurances by the Central Govt of restoring Statehood to J&K at the appropriate time had failed to inspire the people of J&K who had lost faith in all such ‘melodramatic rants’ of the BJP leadership. He said that BJP Govt was ruthlessnessly trampling upon the rights of J&K people resulting in alienation amongst the general masses.
Harsh Dev Singh said that while the euphoria created by the abrupt abrogation of Article 370 had since petered out, the people were feeling cheated due to the dismantling of 200 year old historical State of J&K and downgrading it to the level of UT. “It was not a demotion of the State only. Infact every sensible citizen felt downgraded and humiliated. It had deeply hurt the sentiments of the people of J&K who felt belittled and dwarfed,” said Mr Singh.
Demanding early restoration of Statehood and installation of an elected Govt, Harsh Dev urged for personal intervention of the President of India to save the people of J&K from dictatorial and autocratic regime.
Pointing towards the growing tensions in various parts of the UT, Mr Singh said it revealed the failure of administration to come up to the peoples’ expectations. He said that bureaucratic rule was no answer to the prevalent crisis. “The LG administration has lost connect with the masses. The unemployed, semi-employed and contractuals are on the roads with none to even take note of their sufferings and grievances. The people inhabiting the rural areas are suffering badly for basic amenities with no access whatsoever to the corridors of power. With hardly any forum to ventilate their grievances, the people are a neglected lot in the absence of a popular Govt thereby resulting in growing alienation amongst the masses,” said the NPP leader.
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