Excelsior Correspondent
DODA, Nov 24: In order to build up pressure on the State Government for its decision to hold the indirect elections of Sarpanches, State convenor of Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sangathan and PCC general secretary Shahnawaz Choudhary today warned the PDP-BJP regime to withdraw its decision or get ready to face the wrath of the Congress party and former Panches and Sarpaches in the State.
Addressing a large meeting of block convenors of the Sangthan and former Sarpanches and Panches at Doda today, Shahnawaz said that PDP and BJP have been trying to weaken the grass root level democratic institutions and its decision of conducting indirect election of Sarpanches has exposed the mind set of both the parties. It will promote corruption and horse trading. Since both were fearing to lose ground in the State due their misdeeds and failures, they devised new technique to make Sarpanches puppets of the Legislators by diluting their powers and bringing controversial amendment in Panchayati Raj Act.
Former minister Mohd Sharief Niaz presided over the meeting while Neeraj Kundan newly appointed National Secretary NSUI, Congress leader Majeed Wani, Ajaz Choudhary state secretary Youth Congress, Javed Wani, senior Youth Congress leader Rashid Latief, and Asif Gattu also participated and addressed the meeting.
Many issues and problems related to Panchayats were raised during the meeting. Several speakers raised the issue of delimitation of wards, creating of new wards on the behest of politicians not involving the local public by the Rural Development Department and misuse of funds of Central Government schemes.
A resolution was also passed unanimously in the meeting to fight against Government decision to weaken the Panchayats and for implementation of 73rd Amendment in the J&K Panchayati Raj Act.
While giving ultimatum to the State Government Shahnawaz appealed all the former Panches /Sarpanches to further support Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sangathan under whose banner they are fighting for their rights. He also said that the hollow slogans of BJP to decentralize the power at grass-root level now have been exposed.
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