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| Gupkar Alliance on a crumbling path; leaders keep others in dark | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 3: A day after appointing the constituency in-charges of 47 assembly segments of Kashmir Valley, National Conference president, and former Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Thursday sought to downplay the “crumbling” of the Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD). “The PAGD is always there. These constituency in-charges won’t be tomorrow’s candidates for the same segments. Some people are saying whatever they like. Appointing the constituency in-charge is not an indication that NC will contest assembly elections alone”, Farooq said when whether the decision of his party is an indication of the “disintegration” of the PAGD. With much publicity, the PAGD was formed in October 2019 by six political parties with the pledge of perseverance and steadfastness toward the restoration of Article 370. This resolution was written in the Alliance’s declaration where the political parties stated there would be “nothing about us without us,” meaning they will stick together come what may. “We want to assure people that all our political activities will be subservient to the sacred goal of reverting to the status of J&K as it existed before August 2019,” read PAGD’s declaration.
Within a couple of months after its formation, PAGD had received a severe jolt when Sajad Lone of Peoples’ Conference, left the alliance. Lone charged both NC and PDP with fielding proxy candidates against the officially mandated candidates of the alliance as during the DDC elections. He called these actions “a breach of trust”.
National Conference on Wednesday nominated the constituency in-charges for 47 Assembly segments across Kashmir in a step towards the preparations for the upcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
The constituency in-charges appear to be the party candidates for the next assembly elections.
The step taken by the party is an indication that NC may go solo in these elections and may not contest polls under the banner of the PAGD.
It may be mentioned here that in August 2022 NC passed a resolution in the presence of its vice president Omar Abdullah, that NC will contest all 90 Assembly on its own but senior Abdullah later said that a decision on polls will be taken only when they are announced. |
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