‘Guest Control Order’ violative of fundamental rights Maverick regime poking its nose into private life of citizens: Harsh

STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Inculpating the State Government for grossly failing to live up to the expectations of the people, Harsh Dev Singh, Chairman JKNPP and former Minister, on Thursday condemned the ruling alliance for issuing absurd orders to divert the attention of the public from its mal- governance and misrule.
He was referring to the recent ‘Guest Control Order’ issued by the Department of CAPD, which he said defied all logic and rationale besides being violative of fundamental rights of citizens.
Addressing the media, Harsh ridiculed the issuance of CAPD order no 39-FCS and CA of 2017 to be implemented with effect from 1st April, 2017 as absurd, whimsical and freakish. He said that the order had put a capping on the number of guests to be invited in the weddings, on the number of vegetarian and non -vegetarian dishes cooked at marriage functions besides complete ban on sending dry fruits, sweets with invitation cards by any person to relatives, friends and guests. He further said that the deviant order also banned the use of amplifiers, loud speakers, profuse lighting and fire crackers in all such social and private functions.
Terming the recently issued Guest Control Order as farcical and ludicrous, Singh said that the State Government seemed to have lost its political acumen and the maverick regime had now started poking its nose into private life of the citizens. He said that earlier also an identical order issued by the government was quashed by the J and K High Court in 2006 as being violative of the fundamental rights and guarantees enshrined in the constitution.
Lambasting the CAPD Department for its established notoriety, Harsh Dev Singh accused it for being one of the most corrupt departments. He said that the government had miserably failed to implement the provisions of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in the State adding to the woes of the people and the implementation of the order would further result in the harassment of the common masses. He regretted that no wedding would be complete without the mandatory visit of a police team or someone from the Civil Supplies Department dropping in which would only open new avenues and ways of corruption by the officials.
Gagan Pratap General Secretary Young Panthers and Parshottam Parihar State Secretary PTU were also present during the press conference.