"The decision to cancel Block Development Council elections is a clear indication that this government does not want to strengthen Panchayati Raj institutions," PDP patriarch Mufti Mohammad Sayeed told a day-long convention of prominent party workers of Jammu province here.
He accused the Omar government of dishonouring mandate of the people who, Sayeed said, had turned out in droves to vote in Panchayat polls held in April 2011.
The PDP patron alleged the state government was delaying civic bodies polls without any reason.
"Civic bodies elections are scheduled to be held in February 2010 but the government has been postponing these without any reason," he said.
"Inordinate delay in conducting civic bodies elections reflects dictatorial mindset of the present dispensation," the PDP leader said. MORE