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| M Y Tarigami, Lonely comradce in the assembly | | | Sandeep Bhat
Early Times Report
The comrade was locked in a risky game this time. He was the lone CPI(M) legislator in 1996 and had a colleague in 2002. This time he is against alone; the other one has been defeated badly. Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami, the face of the Left in J&K, has always been lucky for other parties being sympatheitc to him. The NC did not field a candidate against him in 1996 and this time he was spared by the Congress. PDP was, however, up to uproot him. The Comrade, however, saved grace by 236 votes. ET correspondent had an interation with the MLA Kulgam. Some of the excerpts:
ET: You have won third time in a row. Comment?
Tarigami : I have made a hatrick in politics. In 1996 I was elected member of legislative assembly for the first time and then repeated my performance in the year 2002. In 2009 assembly elections I won with the margin of 236 votes. My opponents tried hard to get me defeated but with the grace of god I was elected to the Eleventh legislative assembly.
ET: What is the scope of CPI(M) in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Tarigami: Well my dear friend, Communist party of India (M) is a national party and am proud of representing the party in the state’s legislature. You know our state is facing tormoil from the last 20 years and it is very difficult for the people like us to spread our programmes in valley. But still inspite of all the difficulties I stood by the principles of my party and is representing myself in assembly.
ET: Your comment about state government surrender policy?
Tarigarmi: Enough is enough. If State government is sincere in rehabilitating the misguided youth who have crossed over to other part of Kashmir mistakenly, they should be given a chance to get rehabilitated after proper verification from different agencies. I am supporting government’s this initiative.
ET: Your comment about budget?
Tarigami: It should be people friendly budget. I would expect that the Minister for Finance, Abdul Rahim Rather would allocate special package for poor people as they are the worst sufferers. As you have seen the UPA led government budget has broken the backbone of the poor people.
Electroral Background of Kulgam constituency
The constituency was representing by Abdul Kabir of National Conference in 1957 elections while as another National Conference candidate Mohammad Yaqoob Bhat won in 1962. Mohammad Yaqoob Bhat won again in 1967 as a Congress candidate while as Jamat-e-Islami candidate Abdul Razak Mir was elected from here in 1972 elections. Ghulam Nabi Dar of National Conference won both the 1977 and 1983 elections. Abdul Razak Mir was again elected from here in 1987 as an independent candidate whileas Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami of Communist Party of India (Marxist) wrested the seat in 1996 polls. Electoral trends show that National Conference could never make a lasting hold on Kulgam constituency as it had on a majority of seats across Kashmir Valley.
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