Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Dec 20: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today suggested that the Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) should remain together and jointly contest polls.
The PDP Parliamentary Board chairman Mohammad Sartaj Madni told reporters that the party wants the constituents of the PAGD to remain together.
While responding to a question on the leaders from the PDP and the National Conference (NC) trading barbs publicly and whether a pre-poll alliance was a possibility, Madni suggested that they want people to get united for a larger goal.
“The PAGD was formed after Mehbooba’s struggle. She brought it all together. Mehbooba is the anchor of the PAGD. So, we do not want any rifts in it. There will be nothing from our side to suggest that we do not want the alliance. We want that all the people of J&K get united for a larger goal to achieve that goal,” he said.
When asked if the party had finalised the candidates for the Lok Sabha polls next year, the PDP leader said the parliamentary board will decide that in another meeting.
Responding to a question about the Government’s claims of an improvement in the security situation, Madni said if all is well, then let them conduct the elections.
“They have deferred the panchayat and Urban Local Bodies polls. If all is well, then why are these elections or assembly polls not taking place? We want all to be well so that elections are conducted and the people get their Government,” he added.
On the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on Article 370 issue, Madni said the party has pinned its hopes on God. “The last court, above the Supreme Court, is there and we have pinned our hopes on that. Let us see what God does,” he said.
When asked if the PDP has any further plans, Madni said the party leadership will sit and discuss the issue first and then see what can be done.
In the meantime, the PDP’s newly constituted parliamentary board held its first meeting at party headquarters in Srinagar under the newly appointed chairman Mohammad Sartaj Madni.
The members of the committee which included senior leader and party vice president Abdul Rehman Veeri, Abdul Hamid Chaudhary and general secretaries Ghulam Nabi Lone and Amreek Singh Reen held a detailed discussion.
The Parliamentary Board has been entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing the upcoming parliamentary elections, managing campaigns, and handling various aspects of election management discussed including performance.
The board also decided to hold district wise meetings of north, central and south Kashmir in coming days to oversee the preparations about the commemoration of the party patron’s death anniversary on 7th January.
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