Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) State President Jugal Kishor Tuesday said that the coordination committee of the BJP and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will meet next week.“The coordination committee meeting will be held before August 18. We are finalizing the dates. Many important issues including the ongoing development of Jammu and Kashmir, overall security situation will be discussed,” Jugal told KNS over phone from New Delhi.The meeting assumes significance in view of the certain issues including the sanctioning of AIIMS and the prevailing political and security situation in the state.He said that the coordination committee will also review the performance of the ministers and besides it will discuss the achievements, the works done in past months, immediate priorities, security arrangements and various other issues.
The BJP state President added that progress on the issues taken up in the previous coordination committee meeting will also be reviewed.Meanwhile, sources told KNS that the agenda of the meeting includes taking stock of the developmental activities initiated by the government in all the three regions of the state, prevailing political and security situation in the state, particularly in Kashmir, and also the discussion on the ‘Agenda of Alliance.’Sources also said that apart from discussions on performance of the government, filling up of vacancies in various departments, the coordination committee would also discuss steps required to further improve working of the Government.
The ten member coordination committee headed by Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh was constituted in March for ensuring time bound implementation of ‘Agenda for Alliance’ and to ensure smooth functioning of the coalition government.The BJP members in the Coordination Committee include Nirmal Singh, Jugal Kishor, Thupstan Chhewang, Lok Sabha member from Ladakh, Shamsher Singh, Rajya Sabha member and Health and Medical Education Minister Choudhary Lal Singh.The PDP members comprise party president Mehbooba Mufti, Muzaffar Hussain Baig and Tariq Hamid Qarra, the two Lok Sabha members, Haj and Auqaf Minister Abdul Rehman Veeri and Education Minister Naeem Akhter. (KNS)