New Delhi: CPI(M) on Saturday accused PDP and BJP of lacking "co-ordination" in running the Jammu and Kashmir government and said incidents like waving of Pakistan flags in Kashmir region and pro-Khalistan posters surfacing in Jammu show that communal harmony in the state may be "endangered".
The CPI(M) also criticised the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed-led government in the state for handling the Khalistan protests in a poor way. "There is no coordination between them (PDP and BJP). BJP people say something, PDP says something else. BJP talks about removing article 370, while PDP is against it. One talks about removing AFSPA, while the other talks about retaining it," CPI(M) MLA Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami said.
"There were talks about Pakistan flags being waved in Srinagar. And now, in Jammu, Khalistani flags are being waved. We are seeing this for the first time that the administration is disarrayed. We fear, if such things continue, our tradition of harmony, walking together will be endangered," he said on the sidelines of party's two-day central committee meeting which got underway on Saturday.
On the protest in Jammu, in which a Sikh youth was killed, Tarigami said it could have been dealt in a better way. "The way the government dealt with it, a youth was killed, which stoked emotions. there are talks, but baton prevails. This is the way adopted by both the parties (PDP and BJP), the government," he said.
A youth was killed and six people including two policemen were injured as clashes erupted on June 4 between cops and a group of Sikh youth who were protesting against removal of posters of slain Khalistani militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale in Jammu city.
CPI(M) expressed disappointment at the Centre not taking a representative of Tripura government along during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh and insisted on a "non-partisan" view in matters relating foreign policy. "Today, the Prime Minister has gone to Bangladesh, it is a good thing. And the West Bengal Chief Minister (Mamata Banerjee) too has gone there, we don't object. "But at the same time, is the role of Tripura Government hidden (in resolving the border issue with Bangladesh)? Its (Tripura's) borders too are adjacent with Bangladesh's. The Centre should have had taken Tripura Government too along with it," Tarigami said.
Meanwhile, CPI(M) is likely to hold its plenum on the organisation in November this year. The party plans to hold the plenary meeting to assess the status of its organisational strength which has seen a drastic decline in the past few years, especially in its one-time bastion of West Bengal. The last such meeting was held in 1978 at Salkia in West Bengal.
"It is going to be a plenary meeting and will be attended by delegates appointed by our state bodies besides 91 central committee members," a source said. The source added that the party discussed political situation across the country during the initial session of the meeting, its first such gathering of the decision-making body after Sitaram Yechury was elevated as General Secretary.
The source further said that decision on whether to form alliance with Janata Parivar, union of six erstwhile offshoots of Janata Dal, will be taken later. "It is not clear to us as yet whether the Janata Parivar gels well or forms alliance with any other party. Once that is clear, we can take a call in this regard," the source said.
Comments
0 comment