Governance
Delayed step in right direction
Delimitation of constituencies in Jammu & Kashmir is essential to end regional discrimination and dominance of one particular region over the other two .
Among the many problems that engulf Jammu & Kashmir , regional discrimination tops the list . Not very long ago , there was a misconception in the country that Jammu & Kashmir means Kashmir . Many official documents of the Government , as also the media , very often referred to the State as Kashmir .
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Even the important organs of the State , which included police , administrative services and broadcasting services , are even today referred to as the Kashmir Police Service , Kashmir Administrative Services , Radio Kashmir and DD Kashir . The media , while reporting incidents in the Jammu region , still headlines them as happening in
Kashmir . This misconception has been created deliberately by the Kashmiri rulers , who have ruled the State ever since its accession with India , to ensure Kashmiri dominance over the other two regions of the State .
Both Jammu and Ladakh have opposed the Kashmiri hegemony ever since early 1950s when the Constituent Assembly was formed and thereafter , the Sheikh Abdullahled Government began to rule the State . The Kashmir-centric leadership , with the blessings of Congress-led Nehru Government at the Centre , began systematic degradation of Jammu region in order to express their annoyance against the Maharaja and Dogras . Ladakh was also taken for granted and neglected for being a Buddhist majority area .
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