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Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 10: After Imran Raza Ansari, former minister, businessman-cum-PDP MLC and nephew of advocate Shafi Reshi, legal secretary to Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Yasir Reshi, has directly taken on PDP chief and former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti and accused her of doing what dynastic rulers do.
Commenting on Mehbooba Mufti's style of functioning, Reshi has said: "No. I have not left PDP yet. I have raised my voice against dynasty rule. I have issued a statement to that effect. What I said in that statement are things I have been saying for the past three years. People are saying there is a 'third front' coming up, but that is not the case. Imran Ansari is not saying there should be a third front. He is saying we are ready to walk with anyone who will talk about Kashmir and Kashmiris, but not with people who belong to dynasties. But at the same time if we are part of India and take an oath (to abide by the) Indian Constitution when getting elected, why should we criticise and loathe the same Indian State for small issues which have nothing to do with New Delhi? Even while handling a serious issue like the Kathua rape case, Mehbooba Mufti could have handled it maturely as a chief minister".
Reshi also quoted late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti's father to make his point.
"I joined politics because I wanted to work with Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. When I joined him, Mufti Sahib used to tell me four things: First, we have to work against corruption. Second, we have to work towards integration of Kashmir with India. Thirdly, we have to talk about Kashmiri people and lastly, we have to get rid of dynastic rule of the state. She (Mehbooba Mufti) was a political worker. It (chief ministership) was forced on her. And when she became the chief minister, sadly she did exactly what dynastic rulers do," he said.
PDP MLC Reshi, who improved PDP fortunes in Bandipora district in 2014, also claimed that he was not the only one who was opposing the dynastic politics of Muftis and Abdullahs, but there were many other senior leaders in the party who held similar views. Explaining his point, he said: "But Mehbooba inducted people from her family like Sartaj Madani, her uncle, as vice-president when there were senior people like Muzaffar Hussain Beg, Abdul Rehman Veeri, Tariq Hamid Karra, Qazi Afzal and Nizam-ud-Din Bhat waiting in line. This is why Karra left. She is now saying she felt alone, which is why she brought her family members into the party as well as the government. It means she doesn't trust the party leaders. If they allow people apart from the family members to run the party affairs, the PDP will survive. Why not get Beg sahib back? If he comes back, I don't think there will be any problem".
All this only indicates that the gulf between Mehbooba Mufti and dissidents in the party is widening with each passing moment instead of being bridged and this poses a grave threat to the very leadership of the former CM. The attacks of the dissidents are direct and they are not mining words to express their anger. It is difficult to say if she will be able to surmount the problems being created by her own party men. |
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