In a situation in which commitments are made in the most respectable public institution called the Legislative Assembly but are never fulfilled, people and even the law makers become skeptical of the intentions of the Government to be truly democratic. Ours is a hilly and backward state and we need to develop backward areas as fast as is possible. It is the elected representative of a backward area who is able to project the drawbacks of his constituency in the two houses of law makers and bring that backwardness into public notice with the purpose that all organs of the State will mount attention and provide resources for removing the bottlenecks and paving the way for the development of backward areas. Education, medical facility, power, water, roads and communication are among the common and most needed requirements of our remote regions. MLAs from remote regions like Nobra in Ladakh, Sunderbani in Nowshera, Banihal in Ramban district, Kishtwar and many others were assured that their areas would be provided with upgraded medical aid centers or Trauma Hospitals and other facilities. Anything between two and six years have passed when commitments were made but not a blade of grass has moved. The MLAs concerned find that their credibility with their respective constituencies is adversely affected. It leaves the people in far off remote areas helpless and alienated. How can we claim that the State is progressing and the benefits of development are percolating down to the masses of people? The patent reply to recurrent questions of the law makers is that the matter is under consideration. The time frame of that “consideration” may never come to an end.
Either commitments should be fulfilled or never made. This is what the Ministers have to decide. People and their representatives cannot be hoodwinked for all times. This is the age of accountability.
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