He said the people, whether young or old, men or women, farmers, labourers, middle-aged, professionals and traders, all queued up before polling stations despite challenging weather conditions in all phases to express their faith in democracy.
“If we compare this election with the last Lok Sabha polls, the turnout this time was double and I give the credit for this to the direct interaction the administration had with the people at their doorsteps (during back to village programme) to address their problems,” Sinha said.
He said his administration worked over the past four months to implement the 73rd and 74th amendment of the Constitution to address the shortcomings hampering the strengthening of the Panchayati Raj System.
Militancy drastically on decline, will make J&K terror-free: Sinha No need for talks with Pak, people’s concept of ‘azaadi’ has changed
Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Dec 20: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today said the militancy is drastically on decline in Jammu and Kashmir and all security forces with coordination are trying to make J&K terrorism-free even as he asserted that there is no need to talk to Pakistan.
“Militancy-related incidents have gone down. The killings have drastically declined. Security forces have gained an upper hand over the militants. There is good coordination among Jammu and Kashmir Police, Army and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs). Plot to foment trouble in J&K has been successfully foiled with Nagrota and Poonch encounters,” Sinha said in an interview with Times Now.
Hails SEC, administration, police for successful conduct of polls
Jammu: A day after the successful completion of the eight-phased maiden DDC polls in Jammu and Kashmir, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday hoped the grassroots-level elected representatives would help scale new heights of development.
Thanking voters, the election machinery and security agencies besides political parties and independent candidates for their participation in the festival of democracy , Sinha said he kept his promise of ensuring free and fair polls.
“The festival of democracy ended yesterday (Saturday) and I am hopeful that this will prove a milestone in the development of J&K. The turnout of electorates (in all eight phases of the DDC polls) makes one thing clear that everyone participated enthusiastically to strengthen the democracy at the grassroots level for the development and taking the Union Territory to new heights,” Sinha told reporters here.