Delaying Assembly Polls in J&K amounts to subversion of democracy: Monga
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Vice President and former MLC, G N Monga has said that by deferring Assembly polls in the state “again-and-again”, BJP government was “denying the people of J&K their democratic rights”.
In a statement issued on Friday, Monga said that having an elected government was the democratic right of the people in a thriving democracy.
“But here this right to make a choice is being denied to the people,” he alleged.
He termed the extension of President’s Rule in Jammu and Kashmir as a “BJP-RSS ploy” and said a “sense of alienation among the people in the state has increased under the BJP government”.
Reiterating the need for early elections to the state assembly, Monga said delaying the polls “amounts to subversion of democracy”.
“The Supreme Court had ruled that elections to legislative assemblies in states, where they are prematurely dissolved, should be held within a period of six months. With the period of six months expiring on May 21 in Jammu and Kashmir. The elections to the Legislative Assembly should have been held within the time frame prescribed by the apex court and a popular government installed before the stipulated deadline,” he said.
Monga said the “root cause of the imposition of Governor’s Rule in the state was the PDP-BJP coalition, which was an alliance of ideologically incompatible people”.
“The BJP-RSS combine is experimenting in the sensitive state for their own political benefits and it could prove counter-productive. Democracy could not be held hostage to the political expediencies of the ruling party at the centre,” he said.
He further asked, “If Parliament, ULB and Panchayat polls could be held in the state, what is the logic behind not holding assembly elections?”
The Congress leader said it was “not in the interest of people in the state and the country that Governor’s rule should continue in Jammu and Kashmir”.
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