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| Absence of Muzaffar Beigh in 8 member delegation intriguing, likely to open Pandora's Box | | Third Front sans PDP patron | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 8: As Altaf Bukhari met the Jammu and Kashmir's Lt Governor along with six PDP leaders, questions about PDP patron Muzaffar Hussain Beigh's absence are seriously being raised with the political circles of the erstwhile state.
As per the reports, there were speculations rife that the PDP patron and former MP from Baramulla, Muzafar Beigh is also waiting in wings to become part of the third front in Jammu and Kashmir and demand restoration of statehood and domicile rights for the people. However, when Bukhari along with seven political leaders met the Lt Governor, Beigh was nowhere in scene. "There were chances of Beigh joining the third front but he was demanding a top post in the new political arrangement. There is still no consensus over the demands being raised by Beigh," sources said.
Furthermore, Beigh in various interviews that he had given to some media outlets had demanded residency rights and job guarantees similar to the pattern of other hill states in India. He had also underlined the importance of third front for demanding these rights.
Meanwhile, there are also reports that Beigh will not be the part of the front and that he may choose his own coarse of action in the coming time. "If he would have been the part of the new process, he wouldn't have missed the opportunity in becoming the part of the delegation that has broken the five month ling political lull in Jammu and Kashmir. The fact is that the confabulations between him and other political leaders must have failed to yield the desired results," sources divulged.
Earlier, this year, there were speculations earlier rife that Beigh who has been one of the founding members of the PDP will join PC and announce its departure from PDP in which he spent around 19 years since 1999.
Beigh last year in December last year had said that he was sidelined even when PDP and BJP stitched a common ground after the 2014 polls threw a fragmented mandate in the state.
After around three months of deliberations, PDP formed alliance with the BJP and signed agenda of alliance that both the parties termed as a 'guiding principle' of running a coalition government in the state. "I was completely sidelined. On December 28, 2014, Mufti sahib in the presence of Mehbooba Ji had told me to get a document prepared for my preliminary negotiations with BJP. On January 1st, 2015,I was told by Mehbooba Ji that I should stay back and some other person had been chosen to speak to BJP. I don't know why they did so, but yes, I was sidelined, therefore I don't have any knowledge about the terms and conditions of the engagement with BJP," Beigh was quoted as having said in an interview. |
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