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AJKPC Slams BJP, GOI for Ignoring Panchayat Institutions of J & K
BJP, Union Govt Ignoring Panchayats of J & K: AJKPC
AJKPC Questions BJP’s Silence over PRI’s
of J & K
JAMMU, 24/Aug/2014:
All Jammu and
Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC), a premier organization of Panchayat members have slammed BJP led Union government for
their failure to address the grievances of the 33,000 Panchayat members of
Jammu and Kashmir State.
Today, while addressing media persons
here at Jammu, Anil Sharma president of the organization along with
other senior colleagues including Vimla Devi, President Women Wing, Gautam
Singh Jamwal, Provincial President Jammu, Alam Chaudhary, State Secretary, Raj Kumar
, Provincial Vice President Jammu
of AJKPC questioned the silence adopted by the Bhartiya
Janta Party over the issues related to Panchayati Raj Institutions of J &
K.
Anil Sharma while
sharing details with the media persons informed that the union government have
failed to clear over Rs. 200 Crore MGNREGA payment to the state government for
which the documents stands submitted with the union government, he said that due to casual approach of the Union Panchayati
Raj ministry, the MGNREGA workers from
Jammu region have failed to receive
their wages amounting Rs. 160 crore
besides Rs 40 Crore i.e. cost of the material used for MGNREGA projects . The poor workers who were
employed under MGNREGA are suffering, their family members are the worst
sufferers and today they are not even able to have daily meals forget the
medical care or education of their children.
AJKPC
President said that the silence
adopted by the BJP leaders over the Panchayati Raj Institutions here in Jammu
and Kashmir expose the duplicity of this
party, “ before Lok Sabha elections all
senior leaders including Narinder Modi
during his visits to Jammu in his campaigning had raised the issue several time
but it is surprising that after 26th of May/2014, they have turned a
blind eye and deaf ear to the problems being faced by the rural people and
Panchayat members”. He said.
The AJKPC alleged
that Since formation of the NDA government, the Prime Minister Narinder Modi have
visited the state twice but he did not even care to mention the issue of PRI’s
of Jammu and Kashmir state who have stood for the cause of nationalism and
democracy despite all odds. How could the NDA leaders forget the sacrifices
made by our brave Panchayat members who preferred to sacrifice their lives in Jammu
and Kashmir than to surrender before the anti-democracy forces.
Bimla Devi, Women
wing chief of the organization asked the Bhartiya Janta Party to prove its
credentials and demanded that now the union government must address the genuine
grievances of the elected members of the J & K Panchayats including their
security. She said, may be elsewhere in the country the elected panchayat
members are confined only with regard to developmental issues but here in the
state we (the panchayat members) are facing double edge sword, at one hand the
anti-national elements force us to resign from the posts and on other side the
discriminatory and casual approach of the government makes things more
difficult. The union government must give their due to the PRI’s of Jammu and
Kashmir who have played a significant role in strengthening the democracy at
grass root level in each and every village
of the state.
Gautam Singh Jamwal,
the provincial president demanded an economical package exclusively for the
Panchayat Development on the Pattern of pattern of MP LAD and constituency
development fund for the 4,000 Panchayats of Jammu and Kashmir state.
Alam Chaudhary and Raj Kumar the senior
leaders of the organization expressed their concern over the recent indiscriminate
firing by Pakistan at the International Border and LoC here in Jammu and
Kashmir which has caused loss of life and property of the innocent civilians.
The senior AJKPC and
Panchayat members who were present and spoke on the occasion include Sarpanch
Mohan Singh, Sanjeev Singh Langeh, Panch Avinash Devi, Sardar Makhan Singh,
Pritam Chand, Bansi Lal Bhagat, Mukhtyar Mohammad etc.
Sd/
Anil
Sharma,
President, AJKPC,
94191-86510
