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| Bloeria panel, Samiti talks today | | Center working on ‘some’ give and take formula: Patil | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Aug 22
Amidst the reports of Center working on a give and take formula, the representatives of the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti will be holding talks with Dr Sudhir Singh Bloeria headed four-member government panel nominated by the Governor NN Vohra to break the present deadlock in Jammu.
The four-member committee of Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti (SAYSS) spearheading the agitation for restoration of land to the shrine board will meet the Governor's panel headed by his advisor S S Bleoria here tomorrow at 9 AM.
"We are scheduled to hold talks with the Governor's panel at Circuit House here at 9 a.M. Tomorrow," Samiti leader Brigadier (Retd) Suchet Singh said. He said Principal Secretary to Governor B B Vyas had sent out an invitation to the Samiti on August 18 to discuss five points on the issue.
"But we will talk only on the subject of land and its restoration to the shrine board and on its independent functioning," Singh said. Convenor Leela Karan Sharma said that the Samiti has little expectations from the talks "although we have responded to the Panel's invite."
"We are going to meet them to see what they are willing to offer," he said. Samiti leaders said the agitation would continue until all its demands are met.
The Governor's Panel has four members comprising Bleoria, Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University Prof Amitabh Mattoo, former judge of J&K High Court Justice (Retd) G D Sharma and Vyas. The Samiti panel includes Singh, Tilak Raj Sharma, Naridner Singh and Pawan Kohli.
Meanwhile, reports from New Delhi quoted Home Minister Shivraj Patil as saying that the government was seeking a give and take formula that would satisfy both the regions of the state.
He said the crisis related to 'emotions' and expressed confidence that the issue would be resolved in a 'very short time'.
"When matters are related to the emotions of the people, we should try to solve them as quickly as possible. I think we will be able to solve this matter in a very short time," he said in an interview.
When emphasised by the interviewer that the issue has to be resolved somehow and 'there has to be some give and take', the minister said, "that is exactly what we are trying to do. And we would like to accept a formula which is acceptable to both, people living in Jammu and the people in Kashmir."
Asked whether he did not feel that the Centre and the state government had failed to anticipate events, he said he would not make 'a judgement' and 'it is for the people to judge.'
When pointed out that Pakistani flags were hoisted in Kashmir and people were attacking each other, he said, "It's in the emotions. It is in the philosophy that some people adopt." |
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