Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 11: Ahead of third phase of government’s ambitious Back to Village (B2V) programme, All J&K Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) has reiterated its long pending demand for full implementation of all provisions of 73rd and 74th amendments of Constitution in J&K.
Addressing a press conference here today, Anil Sharma, president AJKPC said successive regimes of J&K have delayed and rejected the demand for implementation of these provisions on the pretext of Article 370 but it is unfortunate that even the present government of J&K is reluctant in implementing these important provisions for strengthening the urban and rural local bodies.
He accused the bureaucrats sitting in power corridors of hatching conspiracy to undermine local bodies so that they continue to remain relevant and control local bodies.
Sharma said it is more than a year since Article 370 was repealed but it is a sorry state of affairs that even till date these important provisions of Indian Constitutions have not been implemented in J&K.
He said after the repeal of Article 370 and Article 35-A there was a wave of joy among elected Panches, Sarpanches and Councillors as they were expecting real empowerment through special laws for giving more powers to these grass root level democratic institutions but the dreams was shattered as nothing concrete was done in this regard so far.
Sharma claimed said that only solution to 70 per cent problems of J&K lies in empowering the democratic institutions at micro level which can be assured only through immediate implementation of 73rd and 74th amendment of Constitution in J&K so that all funds should directly reach local bodies.
Office bearers of AJKPC urged upon Prime Minister, Narendra Modi; Home Minister, Amit Shah; Union Law Minister, Ravi Shanker Prasad and Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha to consider the demand of implementing 73rd and 74th Amendments in J&K without any delay.
Sarpanch Soma Devi, Sarpanch Pyaria Lal, Sarpanch Kuldeep Sharma, Sarpanch Balbir Singh, Sarpanch Mansa Ram, Sarpanch Anil Barsala, Sarpanch Romal Singh and Sarpanch Omkar Singh were also present in the press conference.
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