Excelsior Correspondent
CHENANI, Apr 20: Pointing towards the fresh exercise initiated in J&K for revision of electoral rolls, Harsh Dev Singh, former Minister and JKNPP leader said that it was yet another egregious move to avoid the Assembly elections for vested political reasons.
“Scared to face the people in the wake of its multiple betrayals with peoples’ cause, it preferred repeated postponement of polls and continuation of its proxy rule in the UT,” he said, while addressing public meetings in Barmeen and Dhandhal East in Chenani constituency today.
Reiterating the need for the early elections to J&K Legislative Assembly in J&K, Mr Singh said that any delay in this regard would not only amount to subversion of democracy but also violate the orders of the Supreme Court.
“The people could not be deprived of their democratic rights in the state only for the political inexpediencies of the ruling party at the Centre by taking to frivolous excuses.” said Singh, adding that a full time elected Govt was a must to deal with the armed insurgency in the erstwhile State besides coping with the multiple issues confronting the UT.
Harsh Dev claimed that the militancy, which had erupted in early 90s in J&K and had gradually subsided after the formation of an elected Govt in the State, unfortunately got revived during the Centre’s proxy rule. Any delay therefore in handing over power to the sons of soil through free and fair elections could prove counterproductive and further complicate the already volatile situation in the UT, he said.
Pointing towards the growing tensions in various parts of the UT and the failure of administration to come up to the peoples’ expectations, Singh 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,” he said and reiterated that the people were suffering badly in the absence of a popular Govt thereby resulting in growing alienation amongst the masses.
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