Anantnag July 08: J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) former president Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Saturday slammed the Government of India for “deliberately” delaying elections “to rule J&K directly from Centre”.
“This has badly hit common people of J&K, who are feeling disconnected and neglected on every count,” Mir said. He urged the Election Commission of India to personally intervene and ensure that assembly elections are held in J&K without any further loss of time so that people get their elected government.
After concluding a five-day tour of the Dooru Assembly segment of south Kashmir, Mir said, “People of J&K have been pushed towards backwardness after downgrading the full-fledged state into two UTs aiming to serve the divisive agenda of BJP. People have been left at the mercy of bureaucrats, who are not able to address issues and fulfill the requirements in the absence of a democratic setup in J&K. There is an urgent need for holding assembly elections as that will only ensure proper representation of people at every appropriate forum. The deliberate delay in holding elections and subjugation of democracy and democratic institutions are worrisome.”
During his tour, Mir visited Danvetho, Anderwan, Bonpora, Manzmou, Bakerwal Check, Wangund, Matigund, Saidiwara, Angath Naar, Tengwara, Pranigam and various other far-flung areas where he had interactions with various local delegations and received feedback with regard to the problems confronting people. He expressed serious concern over the failures of the government to reach out to people to mitigate their sufferings.
Referring to the developmental issues concerning J&K, Mir criticized the government for not fulfilling the requisite requirements of people. “There is a need to work for the betterment of the people and not for the subjugation of democratic institution and democracy,” he said.
