Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 6: All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) has appealed the Lieutenant Governor of J&K UT, Manoj Sinha and Union Government to bring an immediate amendment in Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act to do away the ‘arbitary’ provision of bringing ‘No Confidence Motion’ against the elected PRI members including Sarpanches, BDC Chairperson and DDC Chairpersons.
Anil Sharma, president of the organization in a press statement here demanded that under the present provision of the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayti Raj Act 1989, there is arbitrary provision to bring No Confidence Motion against the elected members of the Panchayti Raj Institutions. Sharma said that the Act in force gives illogical powers to one section of elected members to bring No Confidence Motion against the other elected members whereas, both are elected independently, citing the example of elected Sarpanches, he informed that presently the act allows Panches to bring ‘ No Confidence Motion’ against an elected Sarpanch who is otherwise directly elected by direct election and votes of people and Panches have no role in elections of the Sarpanch and demanded that only the people should have the right to call back their elected representative or the Gram Sabha should have the power to pass `motion’ against an elected Sarpanch.
” Similarly for bringing `No Confidence Motion’ against the BDC chairperson, only the Sarpanches should be allowed to bring motion against them as Sarpanches of a Block elect BDC Chairperson.
AJKPC president also raised the issue of a lady Sarpanch Reena Choudhary of Panchayat Halqa Pangdour of Block and district Samba who has also been victimized because of personal grudges and on irrational and unverified allegation against whom the local Panches brought No Confidence Motion in the BDC Council Samba. Sharma called for full support of AJKPC to the Lady Sarpanch and urged the DC Samba and LG Manoj Sinha to look into the matter so that an elected lady is not harassed unnecessarily. Sharma also expressed concern over the continuous confinement of dozens of Sarpanches and Panches of Kashmir in hotels and lodges by the Administration and demanded their immediate release.
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