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| Anti-poll campaign loosing sway | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Nov 13: Differences have again cropped between the moderates and the hardliners in the separatist camp. This became evident when Chairman APHC, Molvi Umar Farooq, gave a call to people for Bandipore chalo for Friday.
On the other hand head of the hardliners, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who is scheduled to return to Srinagar tomorrow after treatment in Delhi, has conveyed to his supporters and the general public that he would be addressing a public meeting at the Tourist Reception ground soon after land in the state's summer capital.
Differences have surfaced between the members of the Coordination committee and chairman Peoples' Conference, Sajjad Lone. Lone has stopped attending the meetings of the Coordination committee. Instead of lending support to the committee's programme Lone announced to lead a march of people in Kupwara yesterday. The police swung into action and took into custody a number of peoples' conference supporters with the result the proposed march was foiled.
In view of the proposed march to Bandipore and Geelani's public meeting tomorrow authorities have taken in hand several measures for foiling both these programmes."It is almost undeclared curfew restrictions in Srinagar city, “said a businessman of Lal Chowk area.
Eyewitness accounts said that while the leaders of mainstream political parties have not been able to hold pre-poll rallies in Srinagar city and other major towns,their rallies in the rural areas continue to attract crowds. Peoples response had encouraged leaders belonging to the PDP, including Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, and the National Conference, including Dr Farooq Abdullah, to address impressive rallies in various rural areas, including Anantnag, Kulgam and Pulwama districts.
These accounts said that senior party leaders besides the candidates contesting the election were seen having resorted to door to door campaign in the towns and the city of Srinagar.In various areas candidates have been holding sessions with voters within the four walls of their houses.Whenever the party leaders have to discuss the next strategy they interact in their party headquarters.
They way Omar Abdullah drew a sizeable crowd during his pre-election campaign in Sumbal area today indicates that people in the rural areas have started shedding fears.This seems to have emboldened the Government and the mainstream political parties to hope that reasonable polling would be registered in the entire rural belt of the valley. |
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