Jammu, Sep 8: Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Saifuddin Soz Wednesday admitted there was no coordination between ruling partners National Conference and Congress at the ground level in the state, but stressed the need for both the parties to move together.

 "Yes, there is no ground-level coordination between the two parties in Jammu and Kashmir," Soz, also Chairman of coalition government's coordination committee, told a group of reporters here.

 "The coalition politics is very difficult," he said but emphasised the need for both the parties to move together.

 "The way is laid with thorns, boulders and snakes, but there is no other way except to tread on the same path," Soz said quoting a Sanskrit verse.

 On suggestion of senior Congress leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Mangat Ram Sharma for rotational Chief Ministership in Jammu and Kashmir, he said "it is for the party High Command to take a decision in this regard."

 He said Sharma at a party convention in Samba had made a suggestion for rotational Chief Ministership after three years.

 "I cannot reject it as Sharma is a senior party leader and also cannot support it. The party High Command is aware of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and it is for them to take a decision," he said. 

 On the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Soz said "it is very sensitive and all of us are aware of it."

 On Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's five-point proposal to bring peace in Kashmir, he said "it is for the Government of India to consider these."

 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is holding an all-party meeting where proposals from various quarters would be taken up, he said.

 It is for the Central government to consider proposals like autonomy and self-rule, the JKPCC chief said adding the Prime Minister had already assured the people that dialogue would be held with all sections.

(with inputs from PTI)

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