Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 23: Seeking the dismissal of the BJP-PDP Govt in the State, chairman of the NPP and former minister, Harsh Dev Singh today said that unprecedented deterioration of law and order situation, breakdown of administrative machinery and collapse of socio-politico-constitutional system in the State needed due cognizance of the Central Government without further loss of time.
Addressing party workers’ convention on 36th Foundation Day here today, Singh said that lack of political will, disregard for public sentiment, betrayal of people’s aspirations by the unholy combine, coupled with burgeoning corruption, maladministration, utter lack of accountability and transparency have created a situation which can at best be described as “constitutional failure” within the meaning and scope of Sec 92 of the State constitution calling for imposition of Governor’s Rule. He said feels that as long as the unethical alliance continued in the State, the situation would continue to deteriorate and worsen and could reach a point of no return.
Asserting that re-organization of the State was the need of the hour, Singh called for creation of separate states for Jammu and Kashmir with a UT status for Ladakh. He said that with re-organization being the ultimate remedy, the Govt needed to immediately fulfill its assurance of early delimitation of Assembly constituencies in the State so as to ensure equitable share of Assembly seats to various regions of the State. He regretted the raw deal given to the issues of West Pak refugees besides the IB and LoC dwellers who had been assured of reasonable compensation, Govt jobs, plots at safer zones besides proper rehabilitation measures.
Strongly condemning the BJP for its betrayal of Jammu people, Singh regretted that its Ministers were acting as mute spectators in the face of a highly surcharged atmosphere in the entire region.
Balwant Singh Mankotia, State president expressed concern over large scale exploitation of the highly educated youth who are made to render services for negligible honorarium due to lack of employment avenues. He made a mention of contractual/academic arrangement Lecturers in Schools, Polytechnics and Degree Colleges of the State who are being paid nominal honorarium of Rs 7000 to Rs 8000 per month despite holding Ph.D, M.Phil, and double Post Graduation Degrees.
Yash Paul Kundal Ex-MLA, PK Ganju, Bansi Lal Sharma, Iqbal Choudhary, Manju Singh, Sukhdev Singh, M. Andrabi, Farooq Dar, Sukhdev Singh, Rajesh Padgotra, Gagan Partap Singh, Sham Gorkha and others also spoke on the occasion.
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