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| Bhim Singh accuses Govt of rigging Council polls | | "Farooq Abdullah turned contestants like Salahuddin into terrorists" | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 3: National Panthers Party chide Prof. Bhim Singh Monday alleged that state government with the help of ministers sabotaged entire democratic process during the Legislative Council poll process for four seats.
In a letter to Governor NN Vohra, Prof Singh charged that the government and its ministers sabotaged entire democratic process during the polling day of the Council election of Panchayat Constituencies in J&K.
He pointed out that a minister had organized a langer (free meal) for the panches and sarpanches (voters) at Billawar at the polling site and "was distributing cash to some favourites." "On the other hands, another minister SS Salathia had set up decoration camps at the threshold of the polling stations in Samba, Hiranagar and Kathua distributing gifts to panches and sarpanches publicly. This matter was brought to the notice of Governor as well as the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu who is also a Returning Officer. At Mahore and Kalakote polling stations Congress and NC Sarpanches were allowed to sit inside the polling booths by the Presiding Officers," Prof Singh alleged.He claimed that Congress and National Conference were responsible for rigging polls right since 1955.
"In 1987, it was NC which rigged the election under Farooq Abdullah's regime which turned contestants like Salahuddin into terrorists who took up arms against Indian government. In 1988, it was Farooq Abdullah, the then Chief Minister who rigged the polls in Parliamentary by-elections from Udhampur against me Prof Bhim Singh. He had won Lok Sabha election by 32000 votes yet he was declared defeated by couple of hundreds of votes by NC-Congress alliance. Prof Singh had won the case in the High Court of J&K yet he could not enter Lok Sabha because Lok Sabha was dissolved a few days before the judgment came," the NPP chief claimed in the letter he sent to the Governor.
He alleged that the NC manipulated curfews in Kashmir on the eve of election to the Assembly in 1996 and several of its members won the election by securing votes not more than in three digits. "The NC is responsible for the rise of terrorism in J&K," he claimed.
Prof Singh urged the Governor to hold an enquiry into the violation of election rules and code of conduct by the ministers and the officials of J&K government. He said if this is the kind of democracy which government of India intends to impose on the people of J&K "the consequences can well be imagined."
The NPP chief demanded that all polls to the Legislative Assembly, Council and Parliament should directly be conducted by the Chief Election Officer of India and under the representations of People's Act and not under the State law. He also demanded that fundamental rights should be incorporated in the Constitution of J&K in the interest of national integration and survival of democracy in J&K which has become a casualty under the NC-Congress rule in the state. |
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