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| All parties focus on LC elections | | Hectic political activity across JK | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 10 : The forthcoming elections for four seats of the Legislative Council reserved for Panchayat members have trigged hectic political activity in the state. Major political players have put their heads together to prove their prowess.
The issue of chalking out a joint strategy for contesting the elections by two coalition partners in is expected to be on top of the agenda during the Coalition Coordination Committee (CCC) meeting scheduled for Monday in Jammu.
State Congress Chief, Saifuddin Soz Saturday confirmed that the issue of deciding a joint strategy will be discussed during the meet. He said discussions on conducting the Block Development Council (BDC) elections will also come up for discussion.
The CCC meeting is being held on Monday at 10 am in Jammu, the Congress Chief said. Pertinently the CCC comprises six members headed by Soz, with three other members from the National Conference and two from the Congress.
Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand and Minister for Health and Family Welfare Sham Lal Sharma are the two other members from the Congress while as Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Ali Mohammad Sagar and Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan are the members from the National Conference.
Reliable sources revealed that the Congress is keen on contesting one of the two MLC seats reserved for Kashmir region while as the National Conference wants to cotest onboth the Valley seats. leaving the other two seats in Jammu region for the state Congress.
"The issue is going to be the bone of contention during the upcoming CCC meeting as the National Conference is reluctant to leave one the two valley seats for Congress", the sources added.
Meanwhile, the People Democratic Party (PDP) patron, Mufti Muhammad Syed Saturday convened a meeting of the party core group at his residence to discuss strategy for contesting the Legislative Council elections, sources said. They said the PDP is contemplating to contest from all the four seats including the two seats in Jammu region.
In another interesting turn of events, the much talked about third front in the state politics is also fielding its candidates for the LC seats to be voted for by around 33000 panchayat members across the state.
Peoples' Democratic Front (PDF) Chairman, Hakim Yasin said that the parties in the third front will field their candidates for fighting the elections.
"We will fight the elections and filed common candidates with the 2014 elections in view. We will not repeat our mistakes", Yasin said.
Pertinently, he had earlier rued the fact that the smaller parties did not contest the 2008 elections jointly, calling it a historical blunder.
According to sources PDF Chairman Hakim Yasin, CPI (M) state secretary M Y Tarigami and DPN President and Agriculture Minister Gulam Hassan Mir Friday held a meeting to discuss the issue of contesting the elections jointly. "They have decided to contest the elections on their own", the sources said.
Political activities, across the spectrum are heating up at different levels with the parties trying to grab maximum vote share from among the panchs and sarpanchs.
In this context, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Ali Muhammad Sagar and senior Vice President of the Congress Party, Gh Nabi Monga today met at the former's residence to discuss various issues including BDC and MLC elections. |
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