‘What is the point of having the institution when we have no power over it’
The three year old term of chairperson JKSCW was ending on June 24
Nayeema Ahmad Mahjoor has resigned as Chairperson of Jammu and Kashmir State Commission for Women (SCW) after the break in the PDP-BJP coalition government on Wednesday.
“I have to resign because we don’t have a government left,” said Nayeema Ahmad Mahjoor. “I am a non-political person and I can’t fit in politics. And that’s not the problem with politics, that’s the problem with me. The system is not well for the intellectual to work here, people like me can’t work in a rotten political system,” she added.
Sending her resignation to the governor N.N Vohra and Chief Secretary she asserted that she was waiting for this time and God had provided her with the same.
The three year old term of chairperson JKSCW was ending on June 24.
“I worked very hard in J&K and I have bought a revolution from the last 3 years regarding women issues and women awareness programs. It was me that did it efficiently otherwise the staff and infrastructure is below average. We have nothing here and every time you ask for this it takes ages for them to get everything in order,” she said.
Nayeema Mahjoor has served in BBC world service as a senior journalist and editor for 15 years before being appointed as a chairperson.
“Regarding the funds we got a huge expenditure from the National Commission for women, there was never a problem with funds and we used to apply them effectively,” she said.
“We are not an independent organization, to give justice to the people associated we want to involve other departments. What is the point of having the institution when we have no power over it,” she added.
“I am going to finish my book which was due last December, I couldn’t do it because of the job,” she said.
