SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Monday accused BJP of using the reservation bill as a walking stick to reap election dividends in Jammu & Kashmir.

Lamenting the proposal, party’s chief spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq said the proposed bill is blind to the ground realities.

“I have no problem with representation to under-represented communities. That was also the logic behind having an upper house which was scrapped under the J&K Reorganisation Act,” he said.

There are reports that the union government is moving to amend the J&K Reorganisation Act 2019 to reserve two seats in the J&K Legislative Assembly for ‘Kashmiri Migrants’ and one for displaced persons from Pakistan occupied Kashmir. These members will be nominated by the Lieutenant Governor.

NC’s Tanvir said the party's opposition is to the proposal of LG nominating individuals.

“This should be the prerogative of the elected government and not an un-elected representative of Delhi. The fact that the LG is being authorised to nominate any person is another admission that the BJP are convinced they will lose the next election in J&K and are using the nomination route to try to get a handful of members in the house. That said, two or three seats will make no difference to the future of the BJP,” he said, adding that the BJP should stop hiding behind the election commission and the LG.

Tanvir said that the party has already rejected the J&K Reorganisation Act of 2019, and that the entire process is currently under judicial scrutiny in the highest court of the country. “It raises concerns about how the government can proceed with a decision while its parent Act is still being debated in the Supreme Court. Such decisions go against the constitutional propriety as it preempts the SC decision. Ideally such a decision should have been left to a democratically elected government,” he said.

The BJP said the stage is set for another historic moment and termed it a great gesture by PM Modi led government

“Re organisation bill to be tabled in the parliament's moonsoon session:Kashmiri pandits to get two seats. KPs were forced to leave their home land and live a miserable life. One seat will be given to PoJK people who rejected two nation theory and stood with Indian union. Later JK LG to nominate three members for KPs and PoJK people in the Parliament. Indeed a great gesture by PM Modi led government,” Altaf Thakur, BJP JK spokesman said. (UNI)

SRINAGAR: One of its initiative by Relief and Rehabilitation (M) Department with an aim to ensure maximum awareness and facilitation of Kashmiri Migrants in Electoral Rolls of constituencies of their original residence, 22 teams have been constituted in camp and non camp areas of J&K UT and for outreach program at  Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Ahmadabad, Delhi and Chandigarh. Besides, two (02) special teams have been constituted wherein 16 officers, 56 fficials and 50 Casual labourers have been engaged under the supervision of Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner(M), J&K.

For Zonal Area Awareness Campaign, all the officers/ officials of 22 Zones have been declared as BLO’s and have been assigne the task of conducting door to door awareness program and enrollment of Kashmiri Migrants in Electoral Rolls.

The whole Special Summary Revision campaign is being monitored under the supervision of Chief Electoral Officer, J&K. (GNS)