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Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 9: Harsh Dev Singh, NPP MLA and its Working Chairman has castigated the government for its double standards with regard to the duration of various democratic institutions in the state.
He said that whereas the term of Members of Legislative Assembly has been fixed as six years, the other democratic institutions like Panchayats and local bodies which comprises Municipal Corpo-rations, Councils and Municipal Commi-ttees are dissolved after five years.
He said fixation of different yardsticks for different democratic institutions was highly capricious, whimsical and defied all logic and rationale.
Urging for a uniform duration for all democratic institutions in the state, he said any bias or preferential treatment to legislature with prejudice against other institutions was highly unjust, and opposed to the spirit of democracy.
Singh further said that it was peculiar to J&K state where the term of Legislative Assembly had been fixed for six years as against five years term of Legislative Assembly in all other states of Indian Union.
Calling for a debate on the issue, Harsh Dev Singh said that he had moved as Bill on the subject in the Legislative Assembly seeking fixation of five years term for the state legislative Assembly in conformity with the position prevalent in other states of the country.
He said that highly developed nations like USA had even a much lesser term of four years which was followed by elections. Favoring however, five-year term as ideal duration, he said even the constitution framers had suggested five-year period.
He said that the fact had been endorsed even by the Chief Minister. Omar Abdullah during one of his speeches made outside the state where he had advocated simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha and state Assemblies. Reminding the Chief Minister of his statement, Singh urged upon all other political parties to support the aforesaid Bill so as to have five-year term for Assembly in J&K State.
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