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| PAGD crisis: Farooq tries to control damage after NC’s ‘go alone’ resolution | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 25: Within hours after the National Conference (NC) passed a unanimous resolution to contest all 90 Assembly without going for any pre-poll alliance, the party president and former Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah started a damage control exercise to protect the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD).
The resolution of the NC passed on Wednesday, created fissures among the PADG because all its constitutents have earlier announced to contest the next Assembly elections in J&K jointly to stop BJP. The resolution posed a question over the existence of PADG that was formed after the abrogation of Article 370.
Within minutes after NC’s resolution, the spokesperson of PAGD and CPI (M) leader M Y Tarigami tried to downplay the whole development.
“The amalgam is together in defence of the rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir”, he said.
“As and when elections are announced we will take note of it and take stock of things and accordingly the situation will be discussed,” he said in a statement.
Seeking to downplay fissuring in the PAGD after the resolution passed by his own party, Dr. Farooq Abdullah denied the speculations that there were differences that could lead to the breaking up of PAGD.
Reacting to the recent statement issued by his party, Dr. Farooq Abdullah said, “The doors of the PAGD will never be shut, a decision on polls will be taken only when they will be announced, and it depends on the situation then. Statements will come, but everyone has to show patience and be ready for sacrifices”.
The National Conference (NC) provincial committee members on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution to contest all 90 Assembly seats in Jammu and Kashmir without going for any pre-poll alliance. “Provincial Committee members unanimously resolved that JKNC should prepare and fight all 90 seats,” the party said in a statement after a meeting chaired by the party’s vice president and former Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah
“The participants present in the meeting expressed dismay over the recent statements, audio jingles & speeches made by some of the constituents of the PAGD targeting JKNC. They felt that it does not contribute to the overall unity of the amalgam”, the party tweeted from its official Twitter handle after the meeting. |
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