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Dissolve coordination panel, says Tarigami

By Our Staff Reporter

Jammu July 14. Piqued over the lack of coordination among the coalition partners in Jammu and Kashmir, the CPI(M) State secretary and leader of the 11-member People's Democratic Forum (PDF), Mohammad Yosuf Tarigami, today demanded the dissolution of the coordination committee and threatened to withdraw support if the Government further deviated from the common minimum programme.

The nine-member committee was formed on December 28, 2002, with the Pradesh Congress chief, Ghulam Nabi Azad, as chairman. The first person to seek the winding up of the committee was the National Panthers Party chief, Bhim Singh, who has four MLAs in the Assembly.

Talking to reporters at his residence, Mr. Tarigami said, "I admit that the coordination committee, formed to have a close understanding among the ruling alliance parties, has failed to deliver the goods. But if the coalition further deviates from the common minimum programme (CMP) adopted for governance, we would sever our ties. The interest of the people will be safeguarded by our party and the honour and dignity will never be compromised."

"In the coalition era, there is a need to coordinate and a committee was formed exclusively for this purpose. But to my surprise, except on a couple of occasions, there had been no meeting of the committee. There is no need to have a committee only for symbolic importance and it should be dissolved.''

The committee is not an executive body. Hence, its winding up will not affect the working of the coalition Government, he said.

On the Central Government's bid to invite third-party intervention on the Kashmir issue, he said the country's stand of no-third-party involvement for several decades should not be abandoned.

"India and Pakistan should know what the United States did in Afghanistan and Iraq. Therefore, keeping the U.S. and other countries away from our internal problems is in the best interest of both the countries. It is a healthy sign that India and Pakistan were talking, but the people of Jammu and Kashmir should not be kept in isolation. They should be involved in the process.''

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