Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 30: National Panthers Party (NPP) Chairman, Harshdev Singh, has cautioned the Coalition Government of the State to recommend the creation of new administrative units on merits and to desist from playing politics over the issue.
He said that there were numerous reports suggesting that the new administrative units including sub districts, tehsils, blocks and niabats were being recommended on political considerations ignoring the claims of eligible and other deserving areas.
Singh said that the constituencies of opposition parties were being overlooked in the process creating widespread resentment in such areas. Warning the Government as well as the CSC members of any such neglect of opposition held constituencies, he said that any biased or prejudicial treatment to such areas would be fought tooth and nail.
He said that NPP would hold protests, demonstrations and further ‘gherao’ the Ministers of ruling alliance in case of neglect of any deserving area. He called for presentation of the report of Cabinet Sub-Committee on creation of new administration units in the Assembly before taking final decision on the same.
The NPP leader said that several new tehsils, blocks and niabats had been recommended by the ‘Ganai committee’ Report in the constituencies of Ministers and their favorites which was vociferously and aggressively contested by several members. Besides the recommendation for creation of such administrative units was in contravention of all prescribed norms and eligibility criteria only to please the ruling class, he observed.
He urged the Government to strictly follow the prescribed guidelines and eligibility norms in the purpose of identifying new administrative units. He further lambasted the Ganai Report for neglect of Jammu region despite the latter having an extremely tough terrain, rugged topography and huge geographical area.
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