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Masoodi demands Assembly polls, meaningful dialogue
YB WEB DESK. Dated: 6/26/2019 12:06:47 PM
New Delhi, June 25 National Conference Member Hasnain Masoodi on Tuesday called for a meaningful dialogue to resolve the Jammu and Kashmir issue and demanded that Assembly elections be conducted in the state at the earliest. “There should be a roadmap to tackle the Jammu and Kashmir issue. There was talk about ‘Jamhuriat’ (democracy), but the state of Jammu and Kashmir was being deprived of the festival of democracy,” the Anantnag member said in the Lok Sabha during the debate on Motion of Thanks on President’s address to the Joint Sitting of Parliament. There was a need for a government which is accountable, he said, during the debate which was initiated on Monday by firsttimer BJP lawmaker Pratap Chandra Sarangi. There was no reason or opportunity for President’s Rule, Mr Masoodi said, adding that Assembly elections were being postponed without any reason. He said there was talk about delimitation, and “the idea of delimitation is being put forth as the reason for not conducting polls”. He said there were no development, no roads, no electricity and no tourism left in the state. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for aspirational regionalism but it has not percolated in the speech,” he said. Shiv Sena member Prataprao Jadhav said water, which flows down to the seas, could be directed to rivers and dams. He also suggested a separated ‘krishi budget’ on the lines of Railway Budget presented earlier. KC(M) member Thomas Chazhikadan said the government has done nothing for the rubber growers. As much as 95 per cent of rubber of the country was grown in Kottayam, his constituency, the Kerala Member said and demanded that the government should take steps for price stabilisation. He also said farmers lost their lands in the unprecedented floods in 2018 and demanded that government waive off their loans. Congress Member Preneet Kaur said Punjab, the ‘annadata’ state is in the state of severe crisis. She demanded that there should be one-time waiver scheme for the farmers. She also demanded said development work be taken up at the borders, which were densely populated unlike borders in other states. SP Baghel of BJP and Hanuman Beniwal of Rashtriya Loktantrik Party also spoke.