Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 22: Senior leader of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, Rajesh Gupta, today expressed grave concern over what he described as a “prolonged democratic vacuum” prevailing across the Jammu and Kashmir.
In a press statement issued, Rajesh Gupta said, “More than a year after its reorganisation, the Union Territory continues to reel under the absence of a fully empowered, accountable and elected government functioning under clearly notified business rules.”
Gupta observed that the failure to formally define and notify the rules governing the powers and responsibilities of ministers, departments and legislators has left the administrative machinery directionless.
“Elections may have been conducted, but governance without defined authority is governance without purpose,” he remarked.
“When clarity is missing at the top, uncertainty trickles down to every office and every citizen,” he added.
According to him, the continued delay has only deepened skepticism and eroded confidence among the masses.
“Democracy thrives on transparency, accountability and empowered institutions. Without Statehood and without clearly articulated business rules for an elected Government, it is ultimately the common citizen who bears the burden of uncertainty,” he added.
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