SRINAGAR, MAY 20 : National Conference Provincial President Devender Singh Rana has said that regional autonomy to J&K’s three regions is the only way forward to assuage the political aspirations of the people and address the political dimensions of the state.
Devender Singh Rana said that such a mechanism will provide a sense of political empowerment and end the apprehensions of discrimination among the people.
Rana added that regional autonomy, together with well-structured district councils, will end the sense of deprivation and ensure complete involvement of the people in decision making.
He said the doctrine of regional autonomy provides a mechanism for the empowerment of sub-regions and administrative mechanism at the district level to take governance at the grass root level, on the analogy of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils. (PTK)
