Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Sept 15: With the Election Commission of India (ECI) apparently focussed on holding elections in five States next year besides conducting bye-elections in several other States this year, the restoration of democratic Government in J&K seemed to be the last priority of the government of India as well as ECI.
This was claimed by Harsh Dev Singh, chairman JKNPP and former Minister while addressing public meetings at villages Thaplal and Sarsu in Ramnagar and Ghordi Blocks respectively.
He further said that all discussions on restoration of democracy are ultimately directed towards the so-called successful conduct of Panchayat and Municipal polls. “The concept of democracy in BJP rule has been reduced to local body polls with no sincere effort having been made to install an elected Govt in J&K,” Singh said adding that the BJP Government has made J&K elections conditional upon the completion of delimitation exercise which appears to have gone in limbo.
“The Delimitation Commission which was formed in March 2020 with one year tenure had merely conducted one meeting with associate members during its original term thereby necessitating its extension for additional one year,” he maintained.
The JKNPP leader also said that the erstwhile J&K State has been deprived of democratic Government for the last more than three years.
He further said, while delimitation of DDC constituencies in J&K was effected within a week by the present dispensation, the helmsmen have failed to come out with any convincing explanation for the inordinate delay in delimiting Assembly constituencies.
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