Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 18: Congress has questioned BJP, if holding DDC elections , as a sort of experiment, at this juncture of COVID situation, was more important than the lives of people, then why not assembly elections to restore people's government at the earliest. BJP government put the lives of common man and all political workers, on greater risks by holding these elections, during ongoing covid crisis, because it wanted to test it's own waters besides the participation of people in democracy, post disbanding of the state and it's special position. It also wanted to engage the people and political class, putting the lives of people to great risks, said JKPCC chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma. Welcoming people's faith in the democracy, despite being highly critical of certain arbitrary and unilateral decisions of the BJP government, he said now there is no justification in delaying assembly elections, any further and people should be given liberty to elect their own government. The centre government must fulfill its commitment made on the floor of parliament and restore statehood with full powers, immediately with constitutional safeguards for land and jobs to the local youth. The left out delimitation exercise should be completed in the shortest possible time, with utmost transparency and fairness, to pave way for early holding of assembly elections, as people have reposed their faith in the ballot, despite severe reservations, over certain unilateral decisions regarding the disbanding and downgrading of the state and extinguishing all protections to land and jobs etc, available to several other states. |