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Panthers Party chief stakes claim in J&K

By Our Staff Reporter

Jammu Oct. 12. The Jammu and Kashmir Panthers Party chief, Bhim Singh, today said that all the parties should support him for the post of Chief Minister.

The party has four legislators in the 87-member State Assembly, all of whom are from the Jammu region. They hold the balance of power where the prospective Congress-PDP alliance has a total of 36 members. Speaking to reporters after the party's executive meeting here today, Mr. Singh said, "our executive meeting has decided to ask each and every political party to support my claim as the Chief Minister of the State." Justifying his claim, he said, "people have rejected every other party's Chief Ministerial candidate."

Political parties, including the National Conference, could support the Panthers Party to form a government on its merits as was done when Chandra Shekhar formed the government at the Centre in 1990 even though his party had a very small number of MPs.

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