Cong promises rotating chief ministership
Tribune News Service
JAMMU, Sept 7 — The Pradesh Congress committee has set its own agenda in case its candidates are elected from the Jammu and Udhampur constituencies promising people that it will strive to seek the implementation of the Gajendragadkar Commission

Releasing the party agenda here today the Congress spokesman, Mr Amrit Malhotra, said his party would strive to ensure that Article 370 of the Constitution, which gives to Jammu and Kashmir a special status, was neither abrrogated nor diluted. But at the same time the party was in favour of full integration of the state with the Indian Union.

Mr Malhotra said the Congress was for appointment of a Lok Pal whose jurisdiction needed to be extended to Jammu and Kashmir so that even the high office of the Chief Minister came under its purview. He said the party demanded a commission to probe into the amassing of wealth by the politicians. This could be done by making an assessment of their moveable and immoveable properties.

The Congress would introduce new Panchayati Raj in the state in accordance with the 73rd amendment to the Constitution. He said the state Act would further centralise powers of the district boards.

It has promised to strengthen the state human rights commission by including reputed activists on the commission and wanted adequate compensation for the victims of agencies that had perpetrated violence and excesses.

The Congress has supported the demand for regional autonomy but has demanded the release of the original report submitted by the committee on regional autonomy headed by Mr Balraj Puri so that people could understand the difference between the two reports.