Jammu, June 21: Apni Party provincial president Jammu and former minister S Manjit Singh on Wednesday directed the party cadre at the district headquarters to highlight demands of the people and press for the demand of holding of assembly elections.
“The general public is in distress in the absence of an elected government and the officials are not listening to their issues. The rural and border villages are the worst sufferers in this situation where the administration seems inactive,” he said while addressing the meeting of Apni Party office bearers.
Singh directed the party cadres in all the district headquarters of the Jammu region to highlight public issues. In the meeting, he reviewed the activities of the party cadre to strengthen its roots in every district and held threadbare discussions on growing public issues.
The district presidents and frontal heads who participated in the review meeting of the party’s activities informed the Provincial President Jammu about the feeling of alienation among the people due to the inability of the authorities to work out the problems of the people, the party said in a statement.
“The developmental projects, electricity supply system, clean drinking water, unaddressed complaints/concerns of the local population, participation of non-locals in mining/contractors in districts, exploitation of natural resources, unemployment, and non-representation of the local population in J&K Govt are among the issues that need to be addressed timely,” he said.
He said that these issues can be addressed only when there is an elected government. “In our series of public meetings, the people are against the present government and they do not trust the bureaucracy because of recent anti-encroachment drives, scams in SSB recruitments and non-advertisement of the vacant posts. The unfair selection process and protests by the job seekers have spread anguish among the people,” he said.
“The elected government is answerable to the people and the elected representatives ensure development in their respective constituencies that creates a better environment for J&K to become peaceful, prosperous and equitable development. The restoration of the political system would help J&K to gain its lost glory,” he added.
