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| BJP's Mission 44 plus in danger? | | Ram Madhav visits Kashmir, looks for allies; meets Sajad Lone, others | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 1: Fearing that Bharatiya Janta Party may not be able to achieve its Mission 44 plus in Jammu and Kashmir, the party has started sending its emissaries to the Valley to look for the allies and motivate them to enter into a "secret pact" with the party.
Sources told Early Times that the National General Secretary of the party Ram Madhav had visited Kashmir on Friday and met the leaders of the several small parties and held deliberations about the forthcoming Assembly polls with them.
An insider said that Madhav called on the chairman of the Peoples Conference Sajad Gani Lone here and discussed various issue with him. Sajad, according to the sources, told Madhav that Centre should have deferred the polls till March as the "time was not ripe" for the elections as people are struggling to cope with life after the devastating floods.
Madhav is understood to have told Sajad that decision to hold the elections was taken by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and centre had no role to play in it.
Sources said that Madhav was told that outcome of the poll results would depend on how many people would come to vote. "Sajad reiterated his stand that option about entering into any sort of alliance with any party would be discussed only after the election results are declared," sources added.
Pertinently, BJP during the past few months has made many attempts to rope in Sajad as the party leaders in New Delhi believe that he could become the party's face in Kashmir but Sajad had made it clear that he has no intention of joining the BJP.
Sajad, according to the sources, told Madhav that if BJP wants to strike a chord with people in Kashmir it should not delay the relief package meant for the flood victims. "People need help and respite and it's the golden chance for the party to prove that it holds Kashmiris close to their hearts," Sajad is understood to have conveyed it to the BJP leader.
Madhav during his Kashmir visit did not visit the party office and refrained from sharing the details about his meetings with other leaders.
A source said that a few of the leaders of small parties sought "financial assistance" from Madhav and promised him if they are able to win any seats they would help the BJP in Government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. "We need centre's support at this point of time as we are up against the tough opponents," the leaders are believed to have told Madhav. |
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