No coordination between PDP, BJP in J&K: CPI(M)

CPI(M) today accused PDP and BJP of lacking "co-ordination" in running the Jammu and Kashmir government and said incidents like waving of Pakistan flags in Kashmir region and pro-Khalistan posters surfacing in Jammu show that communal harmony in the state may be "endangered".
The CPI(M) also criticised the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed-led government in the state for handling the Khalistan protests in a poor way.
"There is no coordination between them (PDP and BJP). BJP people say something, PDP says something else. BJP talks about removing article 370, while PDP is against it. One talks about removing AFSPA, while the other talks about retaining it," CPI(M) MLA Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami said here.

"There were talks about Pakistan flags being waved in Srinagar. And now, in Jammu, Khalistani flags are being waved. We are seeing this for the first time that the administration is disarrayed. We fear, if such things continue, our tradition of harmony, walking together will be endangered," he said on the sidelines of party's two-day central committee meeting which got underway here today.
On the protest in Jammu, in which a Sikh youth was killed, Tarigami said it could have been dealt in a better way.
"...But the way the government dealt with it, a youth was killed, which stoked emotions. There are talks, but baton prevails. This is the way adopted by both the parties (PDP and BJP), the government," he said.

A youth was killed and six people including two policemen were injured as clashes erupted on June 4 between cops and a group of Sikh youth who were protesting against removal of posters of slain Khalistani militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale in Jammu city.