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| Interlocutors' report a blend of contradictions | | 73rd & 74th Amendments | | Early Times Report
Jammu,May 26: The New Delhi-appointed interlocutors' report has generated a lot of heat and fierce debate. The report was made public by the Union Home Ministry just two days ago and the reactions it has evoked thus far suggests that there is hardly anyone in Jammu & Kashmir who has appreciated the interlocutors and their shabbily-prepared dangerous report. Everyone has interpreted the recommendations in his/her own way and opined that the interlocutors have only looted the taxpayers' money and made the prevailing confusion worse confounded.
Some of them have even opined that the interlocutors' report is nothing but a blend of glaring contradictions. They are right. Take, for example, the interlocutors' suggestion regarding 73rd and 74th Constitutional amendments in the Indian Constitution which sought to empower the Panchayati Raj institutions. They have suggested that administrative and financial powers should be delegated to Panchayati Raj institutions in the State on the lines of 73rd and 74th amendments so that they are able to cater to some of the local needs independent of the State Government.
It is a contradiction of sorts. It needs to be noted that while on the one hand, the interlocutors have virtually held the Indian Constitution responsible for the "erosion of the state's special status" and the prevailing unrest and "alienation" in Kashmir and have asked the Government of India to hold aloof from Jammu & Kashmir, play some role only in matters relating to national security, review the central laws and Articles which have "dented" the special status of the state, recognize the "dual" status of Jammu & Kashmir, amend the Indian Constitution to give "Special" place to Article 370, grant quasi-independent status to the state, replace gradually the non-state subject IAS and IPS officials with local officials, grant virtual economic independence to the State, allow the state to have a committed governor and so on and on the other hand, they have appreciated the 73rd and 74th amendments and suggested the empowerment of the Panchayati Raj institutions in the state in line of these amendments.
It is difficult to understand as to why the critics of the Indian laws have seen something positive in these amendments in the Indian Constitution. |
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