LEH: Speaker Lok Sabha Om Birla on Friday underlined the active participation of the people in the democratic process and the legislature to make democracy stronger and cited visits by more than 200 MPs from the ruling party and the opposition to Ladakh in the past two months, reflecting the Government’s commitment to the region.
“Recently, 13 of the Standing Committee of Parliament on the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha with more than 200 members have visited UT Ladakh are talking about the Parliamentary Committee to continue the development of Ladakh without compromising its identity and culture,” said Birla, “said Birla,” says Birla, “said Birla,” says Birla) inaugurated the parliamentary outreach program for the empowerment of Panchayati Raj institutions.
The speaker said that democracy is the basis of community development and social empowerment.
There should always be an attempt to discuss and regular dialogue between the democratic institutions.
More than 200 representatives of local Panchayat Leh-Ladakh and Kargil have an interaction with the Lok Sabha speaker other than the Union Minister Nityananda Rai and Bhagwant Khuba on Friday.
Head of Ladakh and Kargil autonomous council share their problems even when they praised the administration center UT status to the region.
Birla said the outreach exercise is intended to ensure the active participation of people from remote areas for growth should start at the grass roots level and reaching Parliament.
He said democracy is reflected in the tradition of Ladakh.
“The area has traditionally been a system of self-government in the villages.
GOB and Churp traditionally is the principal officers, who manages the distribution of water and other resources and take care of things agricultural and other works based on mutual cooperation,” said the speaker and added that the Panchayati Raj Institutions connected directly to the people to take care of their problems and provide solutions.
Local Mp Jamyang Namgyal Tsering said grassroots democracy has been strengthened in the area of Ladakh and Kargil after 2014 and initiatives have recently been profound democratic government.
He also praised the large infrastructure development initiatives undertaken at UT.
Representatives from the autonomous hill development council Ladakh, Kargil and Leh urged that the funds given to the region should be categorized as a category of “non-interval” because it is not possible to execute the job for three of four months due to harsh weather conditions during winter.
Community Participation Key Democracy: Birla on Ladakh
