STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Accusing the Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Nirmal Singh of using the Civil and Police Administration of Udhampur to browbeat the Panthers’ workers and to settle political scores with them, Harsh Dev Singh, JKNPP Chairman and former Minister, on Saturday cautioned the saffron leaders to refrain from politicization of bureaucracy.
Alleging subversion of democratic rights of JKNPP in District Udhampur, Singh said that its workers were being bullied, harassed, intimidated, terrorised and implicated in false police cases at the behest of BJP leaders.
Seeking the personal intervention of the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti into the motivated administrative activism against Panthers Party, the Party Chairman further appealed her to hold a public Darbar in Udhampur on the analogy of public grievances redressal camps held by her in various other Districts of the state and to assess for herself the highly biased functioning of the govt functionaries.
Expressing concern over the utter neglect and deprivation of the villages that had voted for Panthers Party in last Assembly elections in the constituencies of Ramnagar, Udhampur and Chenani of District Udhampur, Singh said that several officers had themselves confessed to have received instructions in this regard from BJP leadership. He said that several employees and officers were harassed and pre-maturely transferred in the said constituencies for having addressed the public demands of the villages that had voted for opposition parties particularly the JKNPP.
Not only was the conduct of the BJP leadership opposed to democratic principles but also mocked at the slogan of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas” so loudly trumpeted by PM Modi and his colleagues, asserted Singh.
Apart from the neglect of Panthers’ bastions in the matter of development on political considerations, the Police Administration had registered dozens of FIRs against Panthers Party workers for highlighting their grievances through protests and demonstrations. In his letter to the state Governor and Chief Minister, Singh said that not only were the democratic rights of opposition being trampled upon in District Udhampur but all those who dared to raise their voice against injustice and deprivation were being booked under false and frivolous criminal cases by a biased administration at the behest of BJP Ministers and its bankrupt leadership. He said that prohibitory orders were being regularly issued to restrain the Panthers Party workers form holding public meetings which had greatly dented the credibility of the District Administration besides the corrupt BJP leadership. Having been exposed for its omissions and commissions, the incumbent BJP leadership was taking support of the Deputy Chief Minister and other Ministers to use the bureaucracy for bullying the Panthers activists and their employee siblings working in various govt deptts.
Urging upon the Chief Minister to personally take stock of the grievances of the diverse sections of society, Singh said that being head of the govt she was expected to ensure justice to all irrespective of their social or political affiliations.