Baig, Karra absent in PDP-BJP Coordination Committee meet
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
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SRINAGAR, Aug 18: The much speculated coordination committee meeting of the ruling coalition partners, PDP and BJP, took place here after a long pause even as many of the members were conspicuously absent.
Informed sources told STATE TIMES that the meeting began at the Chief Minister’s official residence of Hari Niwas, though the CM lives in the adjoining Fort View guesthouse and he was not scheduled to attend. The proceedings initiated at 7.30 p.m. and lasted for over three hours. Sources said that after the meeting concluded, the participants headed for CM’s residence for dinner, late on Tuesday night.
Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, Minister of Health Lal Singh, Lok Sabha member and J&K State President Jugal Kishore Sharma, Thupstan Chhewang and former MP Shamsher Singh Manhas are the representatives from BJP in the coordination committee. It is headed by Nirmal Singh. PDP President and Lok Sabha member Mehbooba Mufti, Lok Sabha members Muzaffar Hussain and Tariq Hameed Karra, Minister of Education Naeem Akhtar and Minister of Horticulture Abdul Rehman Veeri are the representatives from PDP.
However, many of the members, including Baig, Karra, Lal Singh and Jugal Kishore Sharma were conspicuously absent in the first round. Efforts to find if any of them later attended were not successful
Sources said that Nirmal Singh, Minister of Industries Chander Prakash Ganga, PDP President Mehbooba Mufti, PDP’s MLA and Minister of Law Basharat Bukhari and Minister of Horticulture Abdul Rehman Veeri attended the meeting.
Even as none of the participants responded to phone calls from media till late in the night, politicians believed to be privy to the developments said that the meeting discussed the performance of the Ministers and coordination between the partners in the last over five months. Some of the proposed appointments, including those in Backward Classes Commission and State Accountability Commission were reportedly discussed. Cabinet is understood to order a reshuffle in Police and civil administration on the basis of this discussion on Wednesday.
Besides the agenda of cabinet other important issues including the ongoing development works in the state as well as overall security situation in the aftermath of the recent militant attacks were also discussed, sources said.
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Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
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SRINAGAR, Aug 18: The much speculated coordination committee meeting of the ruling coalition partners, PDP and BJP, took place here after a long pause even as many of the members were conspicuously absent.
Informed sources told STATE TIMES that the meeting began at the Chief Minister’s official residence of Hari Niwas, though the CM lives in the adjoining Fort View guesthouse and he was not scheduled to attend. The proceedings initiated at 7.30 p.m. and lasted for over three hours. Sources said that after the meeting concluded, the participants headed for CM’s residence for dinner, late on Tuesday night.
Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, Minister of Health Lal Singh, Lok Sabha member and J&K State President Jugal Kishore Sharma, Thupstan Chhewang and former MP Shamsher Singh Manhas are the representatives from BJP in the coordination committee. It is headed by Nirmal Singh. PDP President and Lok Sabha member Mehbooba Mufti, Lok Sabha members Muzaffar Hussain and Tariq Hameed Karra, Minister of Education Naeem Akhtar and Minister of Horticulture Abdul Rehman Veeri are the representatives from PDP.
However, many of the members, including Baig, Karra, Lal Singh and Jugal Kishore Sharma were conspicuously absent in the first round. Efforts to find if any of them later attended were not successful
Sources said that Nirmal Singh, Minister of Industries Chander Prakash Ganga, PDP President Mehbooba Mufti, PDP’s MLA and Minister of Law Basharat Bukhari and Minister of Horticulture Abdul Rehman Veeri attended the meeting.
Even as none of the participants responded to phone calls from media till late in the night, politicians believed to be privy to the developments said that the meeting discussed the performance of the Ministers and coordination between the partners in the last over five months. Some of the proposed appointments, including those in Backward Classes Commission and State Accountability Commission were reportedly discussed. Cabinet is understood to order a reshuffle in Police and civil administration on the basis of this discussion on Wednesday.
Besides the agenda of cabinet other important issues including the ongoing development works in the state as well as overall security situation in the aftermath of the recent militant attacks were also discussed, sources said.
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