‘Panchayats are not hurdle in Kashmir issue’
Srinagar: Refusing to resign under any pressure, large number of Sarpanches belonging to different blocks of Kashmir valley gathered here at SKICC Srinagar on Tuesday, the Panchayat members said that the claim of claiming resign from the Sarpanches and Panches lies only with the voters who had elected them.
Under the banner of All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference, the four hour long meeting was presided over by Shafiq Mir Chairman AJKPC unanimously the Panchayat members resolved that any resignation from their side will be injustice with the voters who had elected them.
According to a statement issued to KNS, the Sarpanches also declared that their institution should not be linked with Kashmir issue and they had contested this election only for the sake of development and they are bound to serve the people who had given them this responsibility. The Panchayat members hold the government and other mainstream political parties responsible for making their role suspicious by linking the Panchayat elections with Kashmir issue . However, the Panchayat members expressed their anguish over the statement of some leaders in which they were labeled as informers . “ This statement has pained us collectively and they have demanded the identification of if any such person involved in any such activity”.
The Panchayat members also repeated their demand of security to the Panchayat members saying that it was the responsibility of the government to provide them security . They also alleged that government has made this institution defunct by not empowering them.