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| Congress leader all set to join PDP | | | ET Report
new delhi, June 28: Senior Congress leader and a prominent Kashmiri lawyer Ashok Bhan has called on PDP president Mehbooba Mufti in Delhi last week. The two leaders held a long meeting discussing prospects of winning over Pandit votes for the party and bridging differences between the minority community and the PDP.
Sources said that Bhan is likely to join PDP in coming days. Bhan was member of Ram Jethmalani Kashmir committee that paved the way of dialogue between the previous NDA Government and the Manmohan Singh Government with the Hurriyat leaders. When contacted, Bhan confirmed his meeting with Ms. Mufti. "I met Ms Mufti and am in touch with Mufti Saheb as well." When asked was he joining the party, Bhan replied in affirmative saying that he will take a final decision in this week. The PDP is in search of a Pandit face to widen its base amongst Pandits ahead of the forthcoming Assembly elections. Buoyed by its performance in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, where it romped home all three seats from Kashmir valley and also the fact that it got considerable number of Pandit votes from migrant camps, the party is now roping in some credible Pandit faces to consolidate its base within Pandit community, besides other communities. |
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