SRINAGAR: The All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) on Tuesday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to hold panchayat elections in the Union Territory immediately.
“The prolonged delay in panchayat elections is not just a constitutional failure but also a betrayal of the democratic aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Rural development has suffered and people feel increasingly alienated from governance,” AJKPC president Anil Sharma said in a statement here.
Sharma said that he has made an urgent appeal to Prime Minister Modi, Home Minister Shah, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, demanding the immediate conduct of panchayat elections in the Union Territory.