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| NC's strongest man heckled at Kupwara | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Aug 6: Senior National Conference leader and Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Ali Mohammad Sagar was reportedly heckled today by elected Panches and Sarpanches in North Kashmir's frontier district of Kupwara.
Pertinent to mention Sagar is believed to be the strongest NC leader in contemporary Kashmir. However, angry Panches and Sarpanches forced him to leave the podium as soon as he started his speech.
They accused the Government of failure to empower Panchayats. "The Panches and Sarpanches are still at the mercy of the bureaucrats", they said.
When the Minister said it was the commitment of the Government to strengthen public institutions and system of governance and that it has already issued orders for empowering the Panchayats, the Panches and Sarpanches got up and forced Sagar to leave the stage.
"Government has failed on all fronts. It is taking the shelter of lies and we are not going to bear it now. The process of devolution of powers is a hollow slogan and we are fully aware the incapability of the Government," an agitated Sarpanch told Sagar.
Agitated Panches and Sarpanches attacked mediapersons also as they claimed that it is not depicting the real picture and always favouring the Government.
Pertinently, the Rural Development Minister in a press conference had claimed that Government has accomplished the mission by empowering the Panchayati institutions.
He had even said that the Government was "actively considering" paying honorarium to the elected Panchayat members, Sarpanches and Panches, apart from strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions in terms of infrastructure and manpower.
Jammu and Kashmir has around 4128 Panchayats. However, 1800 of them are without Panchayat Ghars. The numbers of Panches and Sarpanches are 29719 and 4130 respectively.
Panchayat polls were held in Jammu and Kashmir last year after a gap of 34 years and the Government had then promised devolution of powers at the grassroot level. |
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