In a bid to put pressure on the leadership in Delhi, which is discussing the power-transfer in Srinagar, four J&K ministers in the Cong-PDP coalition have threatened to dissociate themselves from the Congress if it fails to take over as per the agreement.The four ministers, associate members of the Congress, are: Ministers of State for Housing Abdul Majid Wani; Agriculture, Ajaz Khan; Finance, Babu Singh; and Forest, Thakur Puran Singh and MLA Manhor Lal. These associate members are those who won elections as Independent candidates and later were associated with the Congress.They had a meeting at Wani’s residence this morning along with Congress MLAs Haji Abdul Rashid, G M Saroori and Molvi Rashid.They talked to Congress general secretary Ambika Soni too and faxed a joint letter to party president Sonia Gandhi urging her to let the CM reins go to the Congress. ‘‘To discuss the prevailing uncertainty in the state, the associate members and Congress MLAs had a meeting at my house,’’ admitted Wani. ‘‘All of us conveyed the Congress high command of our disassociation from the party if it fails to take our the chief minister ship.’’Wani said the present uncertainty is only going to harm the interests of the state. When contacted, PCC chief Peerzada Mohammad Sayed said: ‘‘I have also heard about this meeting.We are going to abide by the decisions of the of party high command.’’
