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| Frequent bans on internet services in state preposterous: Harsh | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 12: Strongly flaying the continuous ban on internet services by the state government, Harsh Dev Singh Chairman JKNPP and Former Minister today accused it of covering up its administrative failures by blocking the internet and communication services in the state.
"Stopping the people from communicating with each other besides sharing information on the social media on the pretext of internet misuse by rumour mongers was ridiculous and-only proved govt's imbecility and administrative failure," he said. JKNPP leader said that the ban on internet was not only un-warranted and vexatious but also infringed the right to Freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under Article 19 of the constitution.
He said that the law of the land provided ample powers to the govt. for dealing with mischief mongers and anti- social elements and its was highly ludicrous and preposterous to deprive the entire populace from using the social networking sites, Facebook, Twitter or the Whatsapp. Accusing the govt. of holding the fundamental right of Freedom of speech and expression of the people as hostage, Singh demanded due compensation to the Internet users for the losses sustained by them during the four days on account of blackout of said services. He said not only the official working suffered due to the said ban, but businessmen bankers, ATM holders, Students besides private citizens had suffered irreparable losses without any justifiable reasons. He said that not only the local citizens but the lacs of pilgrims and tourists who visited the state during the said period faced immense hardships and inconvenience due to the quixotic order of the helmsmen.
Lampooning the govt. for causing harassment and inconvenience to lakhs of internet users in the state, Harsh Dev Singh regretted that govt. had made it a practice to ban internet services whenever it was faced with any challenging situation. He said that rather than facing the administrative challenges, the helmsmen had been frequently resorting to blacking out of such services thereby taking an escapist route at the cost of public convenience.
Further mocking the arguments of the authorities concerned that internet ban had to continue till the normalization of situation, Harsh Dev Singh described the logic as highly absurd and comical. He said that it was only breeding cynicism besides further denting the credibility of an already failed govt. |
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