CPI (M) chief Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami on December 7 questioned the passage of J&Ok-related Payments in Parliament and termed it “in sharp contrast to democratic and judicial practices”.
“The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill was passed when the Reorganisation Act itself was under judicial scrutiny and the top court has heard the arguments from petitioners and the government. And it has yet to deliver its judgment,” Mr. Tarigami stated.
He stated the passage of Modification Payments at this juncture seems to be in sharp distinction to democratic and judicial practices. “It has become a standard practice of the current dispensation to take undemocratic and unconstitutional decisions,” Mr. Tarigami stated.
He stated the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Modification) Invoice, 2023 changing phrases like “weak and underprivileged classes” with “other backward classes” appears “a linguistic revision”.
Mr. Tarigami stated the nomination of two members from the Kashmiri Pandit group to the Legislative Meeting reeks of the present dispensation’s intentions of by no means rehabilitating them of their native locations.
“The members from the community like D.P Dhar, Pyari Lal Hindoo, Manohar Lal Koul and others had contested elections and were elected to the Assembly in the past,” he added.
Furthermore, the ability to appoint the members ought to relaxation with the elected authorities and never any un-elected authority, Mr. Tarigami stated.