Excelsior Correspondent
CHENANI, Apr 16: Seeking early restoration of statehood to J&K and installation of an elected Govt, Harsh Dev Singh, former Minister NPP leader, said that prolonged Central rule in J&K was a negation of the constitutional guarantees enshrined in the Constitution of India.
Addressing public meetings in Ossu and Kaira villages of Chenani constituency today, Harsh Dev Singh said that the euphoria created by the abrupt abrogation of Article 370 had petered out and the people were feeling cheated due to the downgrading of 200 year old historical State of J&K to the level of UT.
“It was not a demotion of the State only. Infact every sensible citizen felt downgraded and humiliated. It had deeply hurt the sentiments of the people of J&K who felt belittled and dwarfed,” he said.
Harsh Dev said that the demotion of State to UT level was not only unprecedented in the history but amounted to huge disparagement of the patriotic people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Demanding early restoration of statehood and installation of an elected Govt, Harsh Dev urged for personal intervention of the President of India to save the people of J&K from dictatorial and autocratic regime.
Pointing towards the growing tensions in various parts of the UT, Mr Singh said it revealed the failure of administration to come up to the peoples’ expectations. He said that bureaucratic rule was no answer to the prevalent crisis. “The LG administration has lost connect with the masses. The unemployed, semi-employed and contractuals are on the roads with none to even take note of their sufferings and grievances, he said and added that the people inhabiting the rural areas were suffering badly for basic amenities with no access whatsoever to the corridors of power.
“With hardly any forum to ventilate their grievances, the people were a neglected lot in the absence of a popular Govt thereby resulting in growing alienation amongst the masses,” said the NPP leader.
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