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| Modi Magic: All agree to strengthen democracy, avoid touching controversial issues | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, June 24: Notwithstanding public posturing of Kashmir centric parties, most of the participants on today’s all-party meeting preferred to maintain silence on contentious issues like restoration of Article 370 and 35-A.
Wishing anonymity, one of the participants of today’s meeting, said that after initial speech of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister, Amit Shah most of the leaders preferred to maintain silence on controversial issues. They rather echoes government’s view point to strengthen democracy in J&K. The Union Government and mainstream political parties of Jammu and Kashmir are on the same page to strengthen democratic process in the Union Territory (UT).
There was unanimity among all participants that democratic institutions should be strengthened to take democracy to grassroots in J&K. After the meeting, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi tweeted, “ our priority is to strengthen grassroots democracy in J&K. Delimitation has to happen at a quick pace so that polls can happen and J&K gets an elected Government that gives strength to J&K’s development trajectory”.
As all participants of today’s meeting were in favour of early assembly elections, Union Government assured that the polls will be held after the delimitation panel complete its ongoing exercise.
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, who chaired the three-hour-long marathon meeting, said that government was fully committed to strengthen democratic process in J&K.
He stressed that holding assembly elections just like the successful conduct of DDC, elections is a priority of the government. It was discussed that the elections can happen soon after delimitation and by and large most participants expressed willingness for it.
All participants in the meeting were agreed that the assembly elections will be held after completion of the ongoing exercise to redraw Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies.
The Prime Minister sought suggestions of the political parties of J&K regarding the strengthening of the democratic process.
Fourteen leaders of the eight mainstream parties from Jammu and Kashmir including four Chief Ministers and three Deputy Chief Minister attended the meeting aimed at setting on course of the political process in the region. This was the first meeting after the abrogation of Article 370 and 35 and bifurcation of J&K into two Union Territories (UTs) - Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. |
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