{"id":5667,"date":"2023-11-17T06:12:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T06:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=5667"},"modified":"2023-11-17T06:14:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T06:14:50","slug":"electoral-democracy-has-no-substitute-in-the-world-hold-assembly-elections-in-jk-azad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/electoral-democracy-has-no-substitute-in-the-world-hold-assembly-elections-in-jk-azad\/","title":{"rendered":"Electoral democracy has no substitute in the World; hold Assembly elections in J&K: Azad"},"content":{"rendered":"

BANIHAL: Declaring\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>people’s\u00a0<\/span>representatives\u00a0<\/span><\/span>alone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>deliver\u00a0<\/span><\/span>governance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>doorstep\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rather\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bureaucrats\u00a0<\/span><\/span>currently\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>charge,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ghulam\u00a0<\/span>Nabi\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Azad<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>chairman\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Democratic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Progressive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Azad\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Party\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>former\u00a0<\/span>chief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minister,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>asked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>early\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assembly\u00a0<\/span>elections\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>held\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Speaking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>public\u00a0<\/span>rally\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Neel,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Banihal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tehsil\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ramban<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>district,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Azad\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Elections<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>should\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>held\u00a0<\/span><\/span>without\u00a0<\/span><\/span>further\u00a0<\/span>delay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>repose\u00a0<\/span><\/span>faith\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>only\u00a0<\/span><\/span>electoral\u00a0<\/span>democracy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>substitute\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so\u00a0<\/span>far\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>world.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span>public\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>speak\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>representative\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>daily\u00a0<\/span>concerns.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“They\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>too\u00a0<\/span>poor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pounding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>doors\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>civil\u00a0<\/span><\/span>secretariats\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officers,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remarked.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>When\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forms\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Azad\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Banihal<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>grow\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>major\u00a0<\/span>economic\u00a0<\/span>hub\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>residents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>benefit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tourism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>agricultural\u00a0<\/span>industries.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>mentioned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hospitals,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>roads,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>colleges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>constructed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Banihal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>administration.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Before\u00a0<\/span><\/span>then,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>area\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>landlocked,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>offering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>residents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>little\u00a0<\/span>prospects\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>employment.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>People\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>longer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compelled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>migrate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>search\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>work\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>economy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>expanded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>jobs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>citizens\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>increased\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>then,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Because\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Banihal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dear\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Azad’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>heart,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>once\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assumes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>power,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>area\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>undergo\u00a0<\/span><\/span>general\u00a0<\/span><\/span>socioeconomic\u00a0<\/span>development.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“You\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hold\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>special\u00a0<\/span>place\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>my\u00a0<\/span>heart,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>promise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Banihal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>become\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>most\u00a0<\/span><\/span>popular\u00a0<\/span>tourist\u00a0<\/span>destinations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“People\u00a0<\/span><\/span>should\u00a0<\/span>come\u00a0<\/span><\/span>here\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>spend\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>time\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>way\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>boost\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>local\u00a0<\/span><\/span>economy.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>chairman\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>DPAP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>announced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>plans\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>build\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>hospitals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>colleges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>improve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>access\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>healthcare\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>local\u00a0<\/span>population,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>many\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cannot\u00a0<\/span>afford\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>travel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>far\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>medical\u00a0<\/span>care.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>One\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>primary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>goals,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>him,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>guarantee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>youth\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Banihal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>compete\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>national\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>international\u00a0<\/span>scale\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>offering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>high-quality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>education\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>local\u00a0<\/span>population.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assured\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>public\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>only\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>development\u00a0<\/span><\/span>projects\u00a0<\/span><\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>approved,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span>standard\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compromised.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>educational\u00a0<\/span>facilities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Banihal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>higher\u00a0<\/span>standards\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>youth\u00a0<\/span><\/span>here\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>compete\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>national\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>international\u00a0<\/span>students\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crave\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>her\u00a0<\/span>own\u00a0<\/span><\/span>space,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>commented.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Although\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Azad\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>constantly\u00a0<\/span>focused\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>approving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>projects\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Banihal,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>because\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>insensitivity\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ground\u00a0<\/span><\/span>level,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>difficulties\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>carrying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>won’t\u00a0<\/span>let\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>happen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>again\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ensure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whatever\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>sanctioned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>implemented\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ground\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>war\u00a0<\/span><\/span>footing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>basis,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Azad\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>event\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>win,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>approve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>best\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hospital\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Neel,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tehsil,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>college,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>tourism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>centre,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>more\u00a0<\/span><\/span>roads.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>blasted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>political\u00a0<\/span>parties\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>advantage\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Banihal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>residents,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claiming\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>rejected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>each\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>every\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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BANIHAL: Declaring\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0people’s\u00a0representatives\u00a0alone\u00a0can\u00a0deliver\u00a0governance\u00a0to\u00a0them\u00a0at\u00a0their\u00a0doorstep\u00a0rather\u00a0than\u00a0the\u00a0bureaucrats\u00a0currently\u00a0in\u00a0charge,\u00a0Ghulam\u00a0Nabi\u00a0Azad,\u00a0the\u00a0chairman\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Democratic\u00a0Progressive\u00a0Azad\u00a0Party\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0former\u00a0chief\u00a0minister,\u00a0asked\u00a0for\u00a0early\u00a0assembly\u00a0elections\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0held\u00a0in\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir\u00a0on\u00a0Thursday. Speaking\u00a0at\u00a0a\u00a0public\u00a0rally\u00a0in\u00a0Neel,\u00a0Banihal\u00a0tehsil\u00a0of\u00a0Ramban\u00a0district,\u00a0Azad\u00a0stated,\u00a0“Elections\u00a0in\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir\u00a0should\u00a0be\u00a0held\u00a0without\u00a0further\u00a0delay\u00a0since\u00a0people\u00a0repose\u00a0faith\u00a0in\u00a0only\u00a0electoral\u00a0democracy\u00a0and\u00a0it\u00a0has\u00a0no\u00a0substitute\u00a0so\u00a0far\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0world.”“The\u00a0public\u00a0can\u00a0speak\u00a0with\u00a0their\u00a0representative\u00a0about\u00a0daily\u00a0concerns. “They\u00a0are\u00a0all\u00a0too\u00a0poor\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0pounding\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0doors\u00a0of\u00a0civil\u00a0secretariats\u00a0and\u00a0officers,”\u00a0he\u00a0remarked. When\u00a0he\u00a0forms\u00a0the\u00a0government,\u00a0Azad\u00a0said,\u00a0Banihal\u00a0will\u00a0grow\u00a0into\u00a0a\u00a0major\u00a0economic\u00a0hub\u00a0for\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir,\u00a0and\u00a0its\u00a0residents\u00a0will\u00a0benefit\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0tourism\u00a0and\u00a0agricultural\u00a0industries.\u00a0He\u00a0also\u00a0mentioned\u00a0that\u00a0hospitals,\u00a0roads,\u00a0and\u00a0colleges\u00a0were\u00a0constructed\u00a0in\u00a0Banihal\u00a0during\u00a0his\u00a0administration. “Before\u00a0then,\u00a0the\u00a0area\u00a0was\u00a0landlocked,\u00a0offering\u00a0its\u00a0residents\u00a0little\u00a0prospects\u00a0for\u00a0employment. People\u00a0are\u00a0no\u00a0longer\u00a0compelled\u00a0to\u00a0migrate\u00a0in\u00a0search\u00a0of\u00a0work\u00a0because\u00a0the\u00a0economy\u00a0has\u00a0expanded\u00a0and\u00a0jobs\u00a0for\u00a0its\u00a0citizens\u00a0have\u00a0increased\u00a0since\u00a0then,”\u00a0he\u00a0said. 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