Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 15: Congress and regional parties like National Conference (NC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) clung to power at the cost of local bodies and never cared to decentralise powers. This was the reason why these parties never implemented 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment in Jammu and Kashmir and kept elected institutions marginalized in Jammu and Kashmir.
This was stated by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) J&K Executive Member, Raman Suri, who added that now the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, has asked departments to prepare proposal to transfer powers to Jammu as well as Srinagar Municipal Corporations as well as other local bodies in order to empower the grass root level institutes of democracy so that people can decide about their own fate and become partner in developmental activities.
Suri said that abrogation of Article 370 has given J&K its due share and its because of this great decision that the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments are being considered to be implemented now. Besides, several other laws of India and provisions of the Constitution of India, which were blocked because of special status under Article 370, are now being implemented here. These are going to transform the State and empower the democratic institutions, thereby bringing welfare in the lives of people, he added.
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