Elections for Rajouri DDC Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson posts postponed due to lack of Quorum

By Shafqat Wani

Rajouri February 13 Election for the post of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of District Development Council Rajouri was today postponed due to lack of mandated 2/3rd quorum for the elections.

District Panchayat Election officer (DPEO) Rajouri Rajesh K Shavan informed that the meeting of election which was scheduled today at Conference Hall DC Office Complex Rajouri at 11 AM has been adjourned due to lack of prescribed quorum .Only nine elected DDC members out of 14 were present in the meeting.The next meeting for elections to the post of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall be held within 10 days,he further said.

It is pertinent to mention here that only PAG candidates were present as 3 candidates of Congress 5 candidates of National Conference and one candidate of PDP present during election process and three BJP one Apni Party and one Independent absent from the election meeting. Sources revealed that all five absentee candidates boycott the election meeting by the boycott call of BJP DDC members sources added..

After the postponed of this election PAGD DDC members held a press conference. In a press conference PAG members alleged that the administration deliberately postpone this election and they done all under the pressure of BJP leadership and they knew BJP DDC members has no numbers to achieve the goal of DDC chairperson chair and BJP did not digest the victory of PAG so they played a dirty politics in the election meeting they alleged. In the press conference all PAG DDC members were also present.