Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 30: Shafiq Mir, a known face of Panchayats in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, has again been elected as chairman of All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference.
Re-election of the organisation was held here today, in which large number of newly elected Sarpanches and Panches from all the twenty two districts of the State participated and gave voice vote in favor of Shafiq Mir as State head of the organisation for next term of the Panchayats in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
Pertinently, Mir was head of the Panchayats body in the State during previous tenure of Panchayats too. On this occasion, two provincial presidents were also elected. Aftab Ahmed Beg has been elected as provincial president Kashmir while Arun Kumar Sharma was elected as provincial president Jammu. Apart from this, 16 district presidents of the organisation were also announced on this occasion by the chairman who have been authorized to constitute the further units of the organisation at block levels.
While thanking the Panchayat members for reposing their faith in him, Shafiq Mir gave the details of the achievements of Panchayat Conference led by him in the past five years of its tenure.
Terming these Panchayat elections historical, Mir said that despite the poll boycott by all major political parties, the huge participation of the people shows that the majority of the people in the State want democracy at grass root level and these elections are a message for the Central Government that people want empowerment at grass root level and Government of India must empower this institution.
Urging the Panchayat members to work tirelessly for the people who elected them, newly elected chairman said that Panchayat Conference will do all efforts to get PRI act implemented in the State with letter and spirit. He also asked the Panchayat leaders to remain away from the political parties as they have been elected as an independent institution.
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