Take BJP on board in govt formation: APSCC to CM

Srinagar, Oct 19: The All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) has asked Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to take BJP on board in the government and include them in the functioning of the day to day affairs of the union territory.

The committee has said that this will ensure holistic development of Jammu and Kashmir.

In a statement APSCC Chairman Jagmohan Singh Raina said that it is important that people of Jammu don't feel neglected in the day to day working of the government. He said that since people of Jammu had voted for BJP in the recent assembly elections it is important that due representation is given to the BJP members in the government.

"There is no denying the fact while National Conference got unprecedented mandate from Kashmir the BJP managed to sweep the elections in Jammu region. As such the people of Jammu have every right to have their own people in the government. The same is possible when BJP is a part and parcel of the union territory government," said Raina.

The APSCC Chairman said that Omar should demonstrate magnanimity and take the legislators of BJP in the governance of Jammu and Kashmir. He said that as such people of Jammu should not feel deprived and they will come up as active partners in the government of the union territory.