Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 10: “Now that Rural by-elections to 12168 Panch and 1089 Sarpanch constituencies in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are going to be held in order to strengthen the three tiers democracy and empower villagers, political outfits like People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Congress and National Conference (NC) are maintaining a criminal silence and have lost words to appreciate the empowerment of people at grass root level”.
This was stated by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) J&K Executive Member, Raman Suri in a statement here today. He said that real democracy lies in decentralisation of powers and now when the new Panchs and Sarpanchs are going to be elected, these political parties are not speaking even a word. He said, the prime agenda of Union Government led by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi is to empower people, strengthen democracy and make people the decision makers of their own fate.
Suri said that this is the reason why J&K too has decided to go for polls and empower Panchayats. During their tenure, PDP, NC and Congress were least bothered to decentralise powers and didn’t even hold elections to local bodies for decades, allowing these elected institutions to lapse without further elections.
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