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Jammu,June 17
The Panthers Party, which
has four members in the 87-member state
Assembly, today withdrew its support to the Congress
led coalition Government in Jammu and Kashmir.
The decision to withdraw the support was taken at a
meeting of the party delegates in Jammu which was
presided over by Bhim Singh, its chief.
The Panthers Party had lent support to the coalition
Government since its formation in November 2002. Mufti
Mohd.Sayeed,who headed the coalition between 2002 and
2005,had included two members from the Panthers in the
council of Ministers. However, after Ghulam Nabi Azad
replaced Mufti; Panthers Party had been denied
berth in the cabinet.
Harsh Dev Singh leader of Panther Party in the
Assembly said "we have withdrawn the
support to the Government after we were convinced of
its nonperformance." He said "the coalition Government
had failed on all fronts leading to political
uncertanity in the state."
He said he has listed 20 charges against the
Government which included its "dubious role on the
issues pertaining to delimitation of its Assembly
constituencies,settlement of Pakistani refugees living
in Jammu."
Harsh Dev said "our party had been issuing threats
of withdrawal of its support during the last one year
and we had thought that this threat will force the
Government to improve its performance.After getting
convinced that the situation on all fronts,including
corruption,militancy and proper implementation of
Wazir committee report regarding creation of new
districts we have announced to withdraw our support."
Asked the withdrawal of the support will not lead to
the fall of the Government which had still absolute
majority in the provincial Assembly Harsh Dev
Singh
said "we have withdrawn our support on principle.We
have done it and we do not bother whether the
Government falls or not."
The Panthers Party leaders were critical of the tug
of war between the PDP and the Congress,two major
coalition partners,over the issue of
demilitarisation
in Jammu and Kashmir. While the PDP wanted withdrawal
of troops from within the state the Congress has
opposed it tooth and nail.The Panthers Party
leadership believed that as a result of this tussle
the state was in the midst of political crisis which
had affected the progress in development
works.
Prof. Bhim has communicated in writing to UPA Chairperson and AICC
Chief,Ms Sonia Gandhi,about his decision to withdraw the
support to the Congress led coalition Government in Jammu
and Kashmir.
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