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Yechury: J&K row will have serious ramifications

MADURAI: The Jammu and Kashmir imbroglio will have serious ramifications if not solved amicably, since Pakistan has threatened to take up the issue with the United Nations, Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury has said.

Besides the forces whipping up communal passion to consolidate “their Hindu vote bank,” the backlash was fed by extremist forces, he told a press conference here on Thursday.

The Congress-led government was concerned only about winning the trust vote in Parliament and not the unity of the country. It was a “grave negligence” that it intervened only on the 38th day of the impasse, Mr. Yechury said. He urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to call the warring groups for talks.

Stating that the CPI(M) and the CPI, along with 10 other parties, had launched a campaign on four important issues that affected the country – price rise, the agrarian crisis leading to suicide of farmers, the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal and communalism — Mr. Yechury exuded confidence that more parties and forces would join the proposed third alternative.

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