SRINAGAR: A major faceoff is again being witnessed between the two coalition partners over the issue of refugees or Sharnarthis from Pakistan in Jammu.
According to the KNS, the ruling party is showing reluctance in convening the cabinet meet as the Congress stressed for the same in the past. Sources said that the NC leadership has unanimously decided not to allow its coalition partner to hijack the issue of Pak refugees and hence has agreed to remain tight lipped over the next meeting of the state cabinet.
The Congress has maintained that it wants to benefit the refugees of the Pak settled in Jammu region as they have been living under pathetic conditions since decades.
PCC chief Saifuddin Soz on August 18 said the government would fall if Chief Minister Omar Abdullah fails to convene a cabinet meeting at the earliest to decide about the issue.
Talking to newsmen on the sidelines of a public gathering at Congress headquarters here, Soz said if the chief minister fails to convene the cabinet meeting or if the Coordination Committee meeting was not held, government would fall as it would have no constitutional validity.
The State Congress chief had on Saturday asked the chief minister to convene a cabinet meeting to take a call on reservation of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and other important issues. A day ahead on August 15 function, Omar had announced reduction of electricity duty by 12 percent and declared reservation of 5 percent for Pahari speaking people and 2 percent for OBCs.
Soz said he had not issued any threat to the chief minister, but being the State president of Congress and chairman of the Coordination Committee urged him to convene a cabinet meeting so that pending issues like reservations of OBCs and increasing wages of Numberdars could be taken up.
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