Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, OCT 16 :
The J&K Aam Aadmi Party activists, under Founder & National Council Member S. Deep Singh, held a press conference at Press Club Jammu on 16-10- 2019 and deliberated at length over the political scenario in the state in general & Block Development Councils elections in particular.
While addressing the media persons, S. Deep Singh strongly assailed the dispensation at the helm of affairs under Presidents rule for pushing & bulldozing the BDC elections in a hush-hush manner without making suitable amendment in the J&K Panchayati Raj Act or without waiting for a week’s time till the formation of Union Territory so that on Ist November 2019 all central laws including 73rd & 74th amendments of Indian Constitution could automatically get extended to the UT’s of Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh.
But sadly when BJP came to power at the centre with President’s rule in the state, the BJP under a well knit plan to grab the posts of Chairman in the Block by declaring the elections to be held on Party basis knowingly that all other Political Party leaders except BJP are under detention or under House arrest. Mr. Singh said and added that as per government figures 12062 posts of Panches are vacant,1057 Panchayats have only one Panch or Sarpanch meaning thereby as many Panchayats are incomplete and 50% of the Blocks don’t have regular BDO’s. This clearly shows that 64% electorates of electoral college for chairman election are not available and thus this election.
