Question

write a note on panchayati raj in jk

Answer 1

The 2011 J&K Panchayati elections were directly related by the so called political commentators, journalists  and intellectuals based in New Delhi with political issue of Kashmir  and such a scene was created across India as if people of Kashmir did not at all wanted except a better Panchayati Raj system. It was portrayed through media before people of India that participation of 80 % people in the Panchayati elections is a clear vote of Kashmiris who have resolved that J&K is now an integral part of India. 
I don’t blame the media only but even some top Indian politicians including Ms Sonia Gandhi. Sonia Ghandi related Panchayati elections in J&K with the political issue of Jammu & Kashmir when she openly said in a public gathering last year in Kathua that participation of 80 % people in Panchayati elections in J&K is a befitting reply to Pakistan. But only an ordinary Kashmiri knows why he voted in Panchayati elections? He hardly cares for giving a befitting reply to Pakistan. He has his own issues and problems. People living in Jammu , Kashmir or Ladakh voted to ensure they get better governance and not a single person from all the three regions would have voted to show Pakistan that we are with India now.
 People might do politics over these elections but a man living in some remote  rural area of our state voted just to ensure he gets better roads, power and water.