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J&K Panchayat elections of 'historic significance' : Home Minister

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Channel: Excelsior News · 2018 · News & Politics

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New Delhi, Sep 28:  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Friday said elections to panchayat and urban local bodies in Jammu and Kashmir, boycotted by the two major parties in the state, will be of historic significance in many ways and help re-establish grassroots democracy.
  The home minister said in a statement that the central government will provide all support, including central forces, to help in the smooth conduct of the elections. 
"These local body elections will have a historic significance in many aspects. The local bodies elections in Jammu and Kashmir will re-establish the long overdue grassroots level democracy in the state," he said.
The polls to elect 4,130 'sarpanches' (village headmen), 29,719 'panches' (panchayat members) and 1,145 ward commissioners will be held next month.
The National Conference and the People's Democratic Party have decided to boycott the elections, saying the central government is yet to clear its stand on Article 35A of the Constitution, which was challenged in the Supreme Court.
Urban local body elections were last held in 2005 and panchayat elections in 2011.  The home minister said the Jammu and Kashmir government has taken a number of decisions following a review meeting during his visit to the state on July 4-5. The  most significant of them is the conduct of local body elections.
"The central government is providing all possible support to the state government for smooth conduct of these elections including deployment of central forces in sufficient numbers," he said.
Singh said the elections will also pave the way for making available nearly Rs 4,335 crore of 14th Finance Commission central grants to the duly constituted local bodies. 
 "But for these elections, people of Jammu and Kashmir would have been deprived of these funds meant for their welfare," he said. (Agencies) 





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