Karnataka - Mangalore
Implement Sachar Commission report
Staff Correspondent
PDP is planning to revive its presence in the State
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The report will benefit minority communities
A conference is scheduled to be held on January 1
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MANGALORE: Abdul Nasir Madani, chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
said here on Saturday that his party would extend its political presence in
Karnataka and would set up a State committee in the next six months.
Stating that an ad-hoc committee would be set up within two months, Mr.
Madani told presspersons that steps were being taken to re-establish the party
in the State. The PDP had last contested the election for Ullal Assembly seat
in 1995-96 with Ismail Shafi as its candidate. Mr. Madani expressed doubts on
the prospects of the Union and State governments implementing the Sachar
Committee recommendations. Terming the report as factual and beneficial for the
minority community, Mr. Madani said governments had not shown the resolve to
implement the commissions recommendations. Mr. Madani had stopped here on his
way to Kasargod to attend a PDP rally there.
Apprehension
Expressing scepticism on the Governments ability to implement such reports,
Mr. Madani said most of such reports ended up in debates in academic circles.
Lauding the move by the Kerala Government to set up a State-level committee to
monitor the implementation of Sachar Commission report, he said government
announcements should be followed by action.
Parrying a question on his nearly a decade-long incarceration for his alleged
involvement in the Coimbatore bomb blast case, Mr. Madani said: I want to
forget that chapter in my life. I do not want to conduct a post-mortem into the
incident for it may create a bad situation. It may cause political turmoil or
create a law and order situation.
However, he termed his imprisonment as political vendetta.
Future plans
On the political plans of his party, Mr. Madani said the PDP would organise a
national-level social justice conference at Kochi on January 1, 2008. About
five lakh people, including 1,000 delegates from all over the country, will
attend the conference. Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister M. Karunanidhi and other leaders are likely to attend it, he said.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2007/11/18/stories/2007111858900300.htm
With Regards
Abi
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