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BJP govt–Election Commission violating constitution, SC rulings

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 1/20/2022 12:08:35 PM

Jammu, Jan 19 Alleging subversion of democracy and denial of popular govt in J&K for the last more than 3½ years, Harsh Dev Singh Chairman-JKNPP and former Minister said that the BJP govt seemed to be hell-bent to continue its proxy rule in J&K in violation of the principles of constitution and the Rule of law. He said that while the BJP govt had all along been taking the plea that Elections in J&K would be held after the completion of Delimitation process, the Commission seemed to be dilly dallying over the issue of delimiting the J&K constituencies for reasons best known to it. Pointing towards the constitutional provisions and the rulings of the Supreme Court, Singh said that the top court of the country had categorically observed that fresh Assembly Elections in all States, wherein the legislatures were prematurely dissolved, needed to be conducted and completed within a period of six months. He divulged that even in its recent Judgment pertaining to the State of Maharashtra, the Supreme Court re-iterated that there is statutory obligation to fill Assembly seats within six months so as to ensure that the people are not deprived of due representation. “You can’t create a constitutional void, a hiatus situation for the constituencies”, the Supreme Court has again observed adding further that it is the people who eventually suffer in the absence of an elected representative to espouse their cause. It therefore is a punishment to the people, said Singh while quoting the Judgment of the Apex Court of the country.