AJKPC Welcomes Honorarium for Panchayat Members

Empowerment and Security Demand yet Alive !

Jammu, 06/March/2013 : All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference ( AJKPC), an amalgam Organization of elected Panches and Sarpanches of Jammu and Kashmir while welcoming the honorarium for Panchayat members of the state said that their main and prime demand is empowerment of Panchayats and security for Panchayat leaders .
In a meeting held here in winter capital under the chairmanship of Shafiq Mir, the Panchayat Conference leaders termed the honorarium projected for Panchayat members by the state government in the budget as their first victory, however they made it clear that until and unless Panchayats are fully empowered they can not deliver any thing to the public .

While addressing the meeting, AJKPC general secretary Anil Sharma said that it was the result of the struggle launched by All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference that the government was forced to propose honorarium for Panchayat members . Sharma said , though it was not satisfactory but a good beginning and its all credit goes to all the members of Panchayat Conference who raised the voice of Panchayats in a forceful manner .
In his address , Shafiq Mir chairman of AJKPC while welcoming the step taken by government said, “ though this step has brought a little smile on their faces but this honrorium can not solve the problems of Panchayats . Until and unless Panchayats are fully empowered we can not deliver any thing to the people . Our main and prime concern is to deliver the people for whom we were elected and that is not possible till the Panchayats are fully empowered”, said Shafiq Mir adding that security of the Panchayat leaders is an other main and prime concern of the AJKPC for which they will continue their fight .