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| PAGD at crossroads | | | Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah staying away from the campaigning of the ongoing District Development Council (DDC) elections has raised many questions.
The first question that the cadres of National Conference and other Kashmir centric parties are asking is that if these leaders had to stay from the campaigning then why did they join hands to constitute Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD)-an amalgam of Valley based mainstream parties.
Speculations are rife that Abdullahs are in no mood to annoy New Delhi as they don't want to end up in trouble again. Both father and son are avoiding controversies. Farooq Abdullah had to face the grilling from the Enforcement Directorate soon after he sought China's help to seek restoration of Article 370 in J&K. Since that day senior Abdullah has not sought anyone's help as investigations in the multi crore JKCA scam are nearing completion.
PDP president and PAGD vice-president Mehbooba Mufti has been doing all the talking while Farooq and Omar have turned silent.
Just before the DDC elections were about to commence senior PDP leader, Ghulam Nabi Hanjura addressed a new conference in Srinagar and accused the National Conference of grabbing the lion's share vis-à-vis seat distribution. Hanjura's assertions drove home a point that "all is not well" within the PAGD. The alliance which had come together with a promise of fighting for a bigger cause is at crossroads just within two months of its formation.
The differences between the alliance partners have proved it beyond doubt that the experiment of the Kashmir centric parties to come together has ended up in a fiasco even before it could take up any shape.
It seems Kashmir centric leaders have acknowledged the change in J&K's status-quo but they don't want to admit it openly that's why they are beating around the bush.
It appears that winning or losing the DDC elections is not their concern. By participating in these polls they have driven home a point that they cannot stay away from power and the power is their ultimate aim.
The differences of opinion that have crept within the PAGD are an indication that Kashmir centric parties won't find it easy to share a common platform as the voices within the PAGD are becoming shriller to contest the next elections individually. |
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