Jammu, Nov 26 (KNO): Asserting that Jammu and Kashmir has shun the practice of rewarding separatists and torturing patriots, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday said that implementation of all provisions of Constitution has ended the discrimination with the region.
Addressing the Constitution Day Celebrations here, LG Sinha, according to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said, “Those who say what was achieved over the past 5 years? I want to tell them that the practice of rewarding separatists and torturing patriots has been stopped completely.”
LG Sinha said, “There was a time when a few Matric pass people in J&K used to become IAS and IPS and the educated were left in lurch. Now, the time has changed as the jobs are given to deserving candidates on merit and not on recommendations.”
The Lieutenant Governor said that by implementation of all provisions of Constitution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ensured honour, pride and dignity for every brother and sisters of J&K.
He said, after a long wait of 67 years, provisions of the Constitution were made fully applicable to J&K in 2019, ending the rule of discrimination and injustice.
“Now J&K is moving ahead guided by ideals of equity, social and economic justice as enshrined in the Constitution by Baba Saheb Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar,” the Lieutenant Governor said.
He said, “From day one my mission in J&K has been to improve the lives of our citizens, to eradicate discrimination and injustice, eliminate the terror ecosystem and to make sure that the benefit of central schemes reaches the lowest strata of the society.”
“For 76 years, the Constitution has been a beacon of equity, liberty and social justice and a guiding light for the citizens of this great country,” the Lieutenant Governor said.
LG Sinha called upon the policymakers, officers to uphold the values of the constitution and commit to protect and uphold the rights of Citizens.
“Our Constitution is venerable which has paved the way for India's progress. We have to keep national unity and integrity intact. We must create the feeling of self-confidence and self-respect in the society and every means and resource has to be used to make India powerful and self-reliant,” the Lieutenant Governor said.
The UT-level event commemorating the 75 years of adoption of Constitution was organised by Department of Culture, in collaboration with the Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.
LG Sinha administered the reading of 'Preamble to the Constitution', and paid tributes to the founding fathers and architects of the Constitution of India.
Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Abdul Rahim Rather; Additional Chief Secretary, Jal Shakti, Shaleen Kabra; Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education Department, Shantmanu; Principal Secretary Culture, Brij Mohan Sharma; Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar; IGP Jammu, Bhim Sen Tuti; Secretary, Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Achal Sethi, senior officials, prominent citizens and youth in large numbers attended the Constitution Day Celebrations—(KNO)