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| Harsh flays Election Authority for misleading remarks ‘BDCs polls’ | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu Nov 22: Harsh Dev Singh NPP MLA and its working chairman has
flayed the State Election Authority for its highly misleading and
erroneous statement made to the Press regarding the Elections to Block
Development councils (BDCs) in the State. He said that the statement
has been made in a casual, clandestine manner without going through
the provisions of the Panchayati Raj Act.
He said that the said statement of Election Authority, while making a
reference to the early constitution of 143 Block Development Councils
in the State says that any person eligible to be elected as MLA can
join the fray for election to the post of Chairman of Block
Development council.
“The statement as appeared in local English daily on Nov 18, says that
“any one can contest the election if he fulfilled the criteria listed
for election of Assembly in the Representation of People Act”, added
Singh.
Describing the statement as highly irresponsible, illogical and
ill-conceived, Singh said that it had conveyed misleading and
confusing signals across the State. He said that the legal position on
the subject was altogether different and perhaps the statement had
been issued without going through the relevant provisions of the Act
on the subject. He also said that statement had created a lot of
confusion in political circles with regard to the appropriate
qualifications and eligibility criteria for the purpose of election of
Chairman of BDCs and constitution of such councils.
Elaborating further on the subject, Harsh Dev Singh said that the
procedure and eligibility criteria for election of Chairman of Block
Development Councils had been laid down in Sec 28 of the Panchayati
Raj Act which categorically states that “every Block Development
Council shall have a Chairman who shall be a person qualified to be
elected as a Panch…….”.
He further added that Sec 6 of the Panchayati Raj Act laid down that a
person shall be eligible to be a Panch if his name is included in the
electoral rolls of such halqa Panchayat. He said that the net effect
of the legal provisions as contained in the
Panchayat Raj Act was that a person in order to be Chairman of BDC
ought to be eligible for election as a Panch with his name appearing
in any of the electoral rolls of the halqa Panchayats comprising the
respective Block Development Council.
He advised the State Election Deptt which was a highly responsible and
respectable institution, to refrain from issuing such confusing and
mis-leading statements which could lead to serious ramifications.
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