Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 1: Terming Back to Village (B2V) as an attempt of Jammu and Kashmir Government to hide its failure, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and spokesperson, Pratap Jamwal said that on one hand Government is not having funds in hands to carry out development works but on the other hand it is having enough funds for beating drums under B2V.
Addressing a press conference here today, Pratap Jamwal said that Back to Village Phase IV is going on presently under which senior officers are visiting villages but this all is a show off and public is having no benefit out of it. He said that officers are visiting villages, meeting people, registering their grievances and then leave with no outcome for people.
“There is not even a single penny in the hands of the visiting officers which they can use financial powers for redressal of grievances,” Jamwal said terming B2V as an attempt to hide Government’s failure and to divert public attention. He however told J&K Government that public issues cannot be resolved merely by beating drums rather if need proper approach of public grievances redressal mechanism.
The AAP spokesperson further mentioned stoppage of release of payment of MGNREGA works and demanded for a high level probe into the matter. He said that works were executed on the ground under the scheme of self employment generation and now department is not releasing funds and payment for a number of works questioning actual execution of works and this all shows that all is not well on ground.
“We demand for high level enquiry into the matter so that actual execution of these works is ascertained and action is initiated against officers involved in case there is misappropriation of funds,” Jamwal said.
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