x

Like our Facebook Page

   
Early Times Newspaper Jammu, Leading Newspaper Jammu
 
Breaking News :   Women-led development will help us to overcome challenges like terrorism: LG Sinha | Army Goodwill Schools symbols of hope, opportunity for many: LG Sinha | Police seize over Rs 7 crore in terror assets in 24-hour crackdown | Air India plane crash: Fuel to both engines cut off within a second, says AAIB report | Amid row over July 13 holiday, Speaker terms Mehbooba’s statement misleading | Fresh batch of 6,639 pilgrims sets out for holy cave shrine | PM Modi highlights Govt’s focus on generating employment | ACB arrests Patwari for accepting bribe | Alleged extortionist held | Pilgrim from Ludhiana goes missing | School timings revised in Kashmir | Guru Daksh Prajapati: Symbol of discipline and rituals of creation | Listen Up! The Power of Effective Listening | Inspiring Indian Environmentalists Shaping a Greener Future | IGP Jammu chairs key crime review meeting in Jammu district | Dy CM inspects SDH Akhnoor, emphasises quality healthcare services | Amit inspires VLEs during Mizoram CSC Diwas celebrations | Vande Bharat and Chenab Bridge Take Spotlight at World Expo 2025 in Osaka | CRS inspection successfully concludes for Araria - Galgalia BG line | Army rescues Pangolin near LoC in Jammu | Food Safety Department intensifies efforts to ensure safe and quality food for pilgrims during Amarnath Yatra | PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijali Yojna a big relief for the poor and middle class: Balbir | Juvenile caught with 10 rolls of banned Nylon thread by Pacca Danga Police | Dogri Play "Chanchlo" - mesmerize audience at Abhinav Theatre | ABRSM celebrates Guru Bandhna programme in Jammu | Congress always struggled for the rights of Kissans | Several DPAP, APNI party leaders joined Congress party | Power shut down in several areas | VC University of Kashmir inaugurates SOCACON-2025 at GMC Srinagar | DLSA Jammu conducts inspection of Central Jail Kot Bhalwal | Joint mock drill on flood preparedness conducted by NHPC Salal, District Administration Reasi | Director Sericulture visits cocoon auction market at Udhampur | Prosperity is not possible without the well-being of farmers: CM Yogi | DC Doda chairs meeting to discuss arrangements for Independence Day 2025 celebration | DC Kishtwar reviews progress of IEC campaign against drugs | Successful organization of Prime Minister's Rozgar Mela in Bhopal | Notification for Haj 1447 (Hijri)/2026 (CE) issued | Promoting Scientific Innovation: Lecture on Green Bio-Manufacturing of D-Allulose held | DC Samba releases pocket-sized statistical handbook 'District at a Glance' | Cluster University of Jammu to organize new placement drive | 6 dead, 8 injured in building collapse in Delhi; rescue operation underway | 3 drug peddlers arrested, 10.55 gram heroin like substance recovered | Madr-e-Meharban taught us to support helpless and needy: Babu Rampaul | Delhi High Court quashes Bogus Hockey J&K Elections held on 31st May 2025 | Notorious drug peddler behind cars, contraband Heroin recovered | DHSJ convenes comprehensive District-Level Review Meeting of Health Programmes | Appointment letters were given to 237 candidates in Jammu Division under Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Mela | Malala Day was celebrated by Innerwheel club, Jammu Sampark | Foreign National apprehended by Katra police | MoU signed between GDC Majalta, GDC Neeli Nallah for Academic Collaboration | MCM holds 10-day certificate course in English literature | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of medical Excellence hosts Jammu Obstetrics, Gynaecological Society | LPU prepares future Forensic experts through industry-aligned , skill-driven programs | Rescue of Pangolin by troops of Gigrial Battalion along the International Border | Tourism becomes cornerstone of new Uttar Pradesh’s growth in new India | 2nd meeting of the Board of Governors Sardar Beant Singh State University, Gurdaspur held | Civil society demands transparency, cardiac emergency, audit of medical referral practices: Balvinder | Nukkad Natak organised to promote cleanliness, safety awareness | Indian Army pays Tribute to Kargil Vijay martyrs | Netball Association of JK announces trails | CS reviews implementation of welfare schemes for marginalized sections across J&K | Rana asks for upgrades in Gujjar-Bakerwal Hostels; reviews facilities in hostels | Reasi police detain 3 drug addicts under preventive action | Reasi police swiftly recovers lost valuable of tourists visiting Katra | Rattan Lal slams Suvendu Adhikari’s Divisive Statement on Kashmir | Dalai Lama arrives in Ladakh for month-long stay after two years | Celebrity stunt biker with 35 pending challans booked | Indian legal system is badly in need of fixing, says CJI Gavai | Back Issues  
 
news details
Detach Kandi belt patwars from Basohli constituency
6/23/2019 11:41:14 PM

Shiv Kumar Padha Basohli

The people of Jammu and Kashmir have hailed the decision of the new union Home Minister for framing the commission for redrawing Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly borders in which delimitation will include redrawing the scope and size of constituencies and determine the number of seats for the SCs. Delimitation was a long pending issue of Jammu and Kashmir. The purpose of the delimitation is aimed at removing the inequity, anomalies, regional disparity and to act as a succor for the suffering people of jammu province. It also aims at providing representation to all the reserved categories in the state assembly. Since the delimitation process is on the cards, It becomes the moral duty of the suffering population of Basohli to highlight the problem for its viable solution once for all. Basohli is the only constituency in the state which tempts every outsider politician to contest election from there. Only the name of Basohli is sufficient to salivate the politician eager to grab the constituency in the elections.It pains to say that the politicians from other constituencies namely from Kathua tehsil have been representing Basohli in the legislative assembly for the last six decades. This is the reason why did the whole Basohli constituency suffer under the yoke of such politicians who instead of owning, made it their colony and an instrument of their successive victories. Some, so called, political stalwarts and iconic figures of Jammu and Kashmir politics hijacked the constituency and made its voters the hostages forever by tailoring the Basohli constituency in such a way which on the one hand blocked the way of Basolites leading to the state assembly and on the other facilitated their own victory in the elections without any resistance from the localities. For making the Basohli constituency their ancestral property and game changer during every election they managed the attachment of 12 patwars, 28 polling stations and 25 highly populated villages of Kandi belt falling under Kathua tehsil with the Basohli constituency. For their personal aggrandizement they snatched the opportunities of contesting the assembly elections from the local youngsters by pushing them to the wall forever. Out of the period of seven decades after independence only three local MLA's namely Sh. Mahesh Chander (p. Parishad ), Sh. Mahnt Ram Sharma (Congress) and Sh. Jagdish Raj Spolia (BJP) could represent Basohli constituency for 10 years only. If we compare the development of Basohli constituency with its counterparts in the state we find it far behind in the field of development employment, education, health care, basic amenities, industries, agriculture and handicraft. The most important factor considered responsible for the progress and development of a constituency depends upon the sympathy, sincerity, and belongingness of the persons representing it. The politicians from other constituencies, who diluted the Basohli constituency by joining the thickly populated parts of the Kathua constituency with Basohli fraudulently, not only raised barricades in the way of the local youth leading to LA assembly but deprived them of their fundamental right of contesting elections, because the new voters always proved the king makers and the game changers for out siders every time.
The people living in Jammu and Kashmir have witnessed unprecedented development of those places which were once considered as inaccessible even for the animals and the birds. These places have been very easily developed by the political and individual commitment of their local representatives. Even six decades after independence the natives of the constituency are reeling under illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, lack of connectivity, lack of health and medical facilities, shortage of power and drinking water supply.
Thereare no poverty eliminating schemes, parks, play grounds, small scale industries and skill development programs for the youth in the constituency because the MLAs who didn't belong to the constituency never bothered about it. The patwars and villages of Kandi belt of tehsil Kathua have been deciding the fate of the Basohli constituency in the past and is still considered as the game changer/king maker in the state. We often exhibit pride of being the biggest democracy in the world but who knows that there is still a constituency Basohli in Jammu and Kashmir which is hijacked and its voters are made hostages by the powerful, criminal and influential political leaders for their personal benefit. It is, therefore, prayed before the delimitation commission to amputate the useless part from Basohli constituency and pave the way foer the local youth to contest the LA election without any fear. Now the ball is in the court of the delimitation commission, it is upto the commission to dethatch 12 patwars, 28 polling stations and 25 thickly populated villages of Kandi belt from Basohli once for.
  Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network  
  Comment on this Story  
 
 
 
Early Times Android App
STOCK UPDATE
  
BSE Sensex
NSE Nifty
 
CRICKET UPDATE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Home About Us Top Stories Local News National News Sports News Opinion Editorial ET Cetra Advertise with Us ET E-paper
 
 
J&K RELATED WEBSITES
J&K Govt. Official website
Jammu Kashmir Tourism
JKTDC
Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine Board
Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board
Shri Shiv Khori Shrine Board
UTILITY
Train Enquiry
IRCTC
Matavaishnodevi
BSNL
Jammu Kashmir Bank
State Bank of India
PUBLIC INTEREST
Passport Department
Income Tax Department
JK CAMPA
JK GAD
IT Education
Web Site Design Services
EDUCATION
Jammu University
Jammu University Results
JKBOSE
Kashmir University
IGNOU Jammu Center
SMVDU