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| Panchayat representatives are to serve people, not for protocol: AJKPC | | |  EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 12: All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) has expressed anguish and dismay over the controversy pertaining to amended Warrant of Precedence for elected District Development Council (DDC) chairpersons, vice-chairpersons and members.
In an urgent press conference, the AJKPC called for an immediate end to the stalemate and asked both the UT administration and elected DDC chairpersons and members to work collectively for the welfare of rural masses. “It is unfortunate that the DDC chairpersons and members, who had to attend two-day training and workshop programme, boycotted the event and staged protest for personal interests and protocol.
The AJKPC has always fought for the empowerment of rural masses and it was only because of the AJKPC efforts that the first-ever elections to DDCs were conducted in Jammu and Kashmir,” Anil Sharma, UT president of AJKPC told reporters here.
Expressing displeasure over the recent protests of newly elected DDC chairpersons and members, Sharma said that they (AJKPC) never demanded for any protocol or privileges as their sole mission was to see empowerment of the rural people.
The AJKPC leader said there was a need to empower the grass-root level representatives including Sarpanchs, Panchs, Block Development Council (BDC) chairpersons and DDCs so that they are able to serve the people in a better way.
The AJKPC leader asked the newly elected DDC members to work for the welfare and upliftment of rural masses who have voted for them.
Reacting to the reported assurance of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to protesting DDC members for re-drafting of Warrant of Precedence, the AJKPC leader urged the L-G for empowerment of Sarpanchs and Panchs.
“If the government really intends to re-draw the Warrant of Precedence for DDCs, then it is the duty of the UT administration to empower the first-tier of PRIs—Sarpanchs and Panchs.
The same needs to be done for second-tier, BDCs. Otherwise it would send a wrong message among the masses,” he said. |
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