 Early Times Report
Jammu, June 29: Enraged over the State Assembly being kept under suspended animation for long without any rationale or valid reason, a strong contingent of Panther activists spearheaded by Harsh Dev Singh Chairman JKNPP and other leaders staged a vociferous protest demonstration at Exhibition Ground in Jammu. The agitated protesters while accusing the Central government of using coercion to create a 'never before' political situation in J&K, lambasted BJP for murdering democracy and opening the gates for horse trading and corrupt practices.
Addressing the media, Harsh Dev Singh said that in view of no political party or alliance claiming to form the new government, the prolonged suspension of the State Assembly was illegal which defied all the precedents, constitutional mandate and plethora of judgments passed by the Supreme Court in the past. "The constitution has been held hostage by the BJP through proxy for its unethical political interests. It could go to any extreme to satiate its greed for power which could be gauged by their dirty skill of converting members of other parties into 'turncoats' as witnessed in other states of late. Exploring undemocratic opportunities by unethical means for ascending the power throne is in its DNA", deplored Harsh.
Having earned the dubious notoriety to 'seal the deals' in the past 4 years of its rule, Harsh Dev Singh said that the BJP had reportedly forged dirty alliances by offering enticements and other allurements to the smaller parties in the eastern states. "With both the parties, the BJP and INC unable to form the government on their own in Goa and Manipur after the elections last year, the Saffron party remained as the front runner in attracting the elected members from the smaller regional parties including the independents to form the bizarre coalition governments against the people's mandate in both the states. Likewise, in Meghalaya which threw a fractured mandate in the elections this year, the impulsive BJP once again stood first in the 'queue' to tie the knots with NPP (National People's Party) and forged an unexpected alliance to form the government.
Earlier, the imposition of President's rule in Arunchal Pradesh narrated the tragic saga of how the Governor was used as proxy on behest of Union government to create political impasse in the State", Harsh elucidated.
Astounded over the J&K Assembly being kept under suspended animation without justification, Harsh reckoned that the rumours of mal-practice of 'horse trading' were still doing rounds and the probability of corrupt practices could not be ruled out unless it was dissolved. He reiterated his demand of dissolution of State Assembly without any further delay in accordance with the mandate of law, precedents and legal stipulations.
Prominent among those who spoke on the occasion included Rajesh Padgotra, Gagan Partap Singh, Shanker Singh Chib, Khajoor Singh, Nirmal Kishore, Rajesh Gondhi, Capt. Narotam Singh, Neeraj Gupta, Rampaul Sharma, Shankaar Singh Sanju, Rashpaul Singh, Udhayveer Singh, Vikrant Singh, Vishab Singh, Sansar Chand, Rohit Sharma, Sunny Singh, Rakesh Verma, Amandeep Singh, Pawandeep Singh, Nitish Kumar, Ajay Kumar, Rinku Sharma besides others. |
