Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 29: Former Finance Minister and PDP Lok Sabha member from Srinagar-Budgam constituency, Tariq Hameed Karra has threatened to resign if all his efforts of protesting or agitating against the Government’s failures on restoration of peace fail to change situation on the ground.
Stating that it is too early to comment on final outcome of the Central Government’s proposed initiatives for restoration of peace and normalcy in the Valley, Karra, in a statement, reacting to suggestion of the joint resistance leadership that all elected representatives of the mainstream political parties including MLAs, MLCs and the Parliamentarians should resign, said he was very closely watching the situation and even protesting and agitating on it within available means.
“As and when I would feel that all other available means have failed in restoring peace and tranquility in the State and normalizing the situation, I would not hesitate to quit as Member Parliament,’’ he declared
Asked whether he would consult the top brass of his party (the PDP) in case of taking a decision to quit as Member Parliament in protest against the killings of civilians in Kashmir, the senior PDP leader said it would be his personal decision, not driven by any convenience or compulsion.
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