Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 14: The National Conference today said the ball was in the court of PDP on returning to the Assembly after yesterday’s decision to boycott the House for rest of the session over Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde’s decision not to return the mortal remains of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru.
Agriculture Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir raised the issue in the Assembly saying it was a matter of concern for the Legislative Assembly that single largest opposition party was not present in the House.
“The House should send a request to the PDP that it was not proper for them to boycott the entire session. The PDP should reconsider their decision in the interest of democracy’’, Mr Mir said.
PHE Minister and Congress leader Sham Lal Sharma, endorsing the view point of Mr Mir, said he himself and on behalf of his party urge the PDP to participate in proceedings of the Assembly session and raise the issues of problems faced by the people.
Rural Development Minister and National Conference leader Ali Mohammad Sagar said they have repeatedly been asking the PDP to play responsible role of the opposition party.
“Whenever the Chief Minister speaks in the House, they walk-out’’, Mr Sagar said, adding the ball was in their court on returning to the House.
“It was the task of opposition to keep the Government on tenterhooks and not to boycott the session. The opposition is backbone of democracy. They should understand their role’’, he added.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Saifullah Mir said the Business Advisory Committee (BAC), which met yesterday was not aware then whether the PDP had boycott the full remaining budget session or for a day.
“The BAC decided to ascertain the position and meet again to devise a strategy on talks with the Opposition party’’, Mr Mir said.
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