Dissolve Assembly to end political uncertainty: Harsh

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 21:  Expre-ssing reservations over the prolongation of the suspended Assembly in J&K, chairman of the JKNPP  Harsh Dev Singh observed that such indefinite suspension was violative of the mandate of constitution and existing precedents.
Addressing a press conference here today,  Singh said that despite the lapse of more than a month from the date of suspension of Assembly, no political party or combination of parties had staked claim to form the Govt with rumour mills churning overtime giving rise to political instability in the state. With reports of horse trading, allurements of MLAs and other unethical practices for formation of Govt hitting headlines every other day in the state, an atmosphere of uncertainty had been created which did not augur well for the health of a sensitive state like J&K.
“Not only was the media buzz with the reports of political defections on a regular basis but the erstwhile CM Mehbooba Mufti too, pointed it out and complained of money and muscle power being used to lure MLAs to form Govt by hook or crook,” Singh added.
He said that speculations were rife in the public and social media about floor crossing by several MLAs amidst allurements and enticements held out to them. While expressing scepticism over the political fate of the state,  Harsh Dev maintained that none of the political parties were able to reach magic figure of 45 required to form the government and in such a scenario keeping the Assembly in suspended animation only desecrates the sanctity of democratic institutions. He said in the wake of the political uncertainty, the Central Government was using political coercion to subvert the constitutional mandate.
Harsh Dev said that in view of no political party or alliance claiming to form the new government, the prolonged suspension of the State Assembly was illegal which defied all the precedents, constitutional provisions and plethora of judgments passed by the Courts in the past. “The constitution has been held hostage by the BJP through proxy for its unethical political interests. It could go to any extreme to satiate its greed for power which could be gauged by their dirty skill of converting members of other parties into ‘turncoats’ as witnessed in other states of late. Exploring undemocratic moves by unethical means for ascending the power throne is in its DNA”, deplored Harsh.

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