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| NC, PDP to attend Patna meeting, other J&K parties stay away | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 22: As the opposition parties are all set to meet in Patna on Friday to chalk out a joint strategy for next year’s Lok Sabha elections, leaders of regional political parties in J&K have remained tightlipped.
National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party leaders have announced that they would participate in the meeting which will be attended by a host of opposition leaders from nearly 20 parties.
The meeting has been called by Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar, who has amplified his efforts to forge opposition unity.
Two former J&K Chief Ministers, Mehbooba Mufti and Dr Farooq Abdullah would be attending the meeting but president of Democratic Azad Progressive Party (DAPP), Ghulam Nabi Azad has decided to stay away.
The Apni Party and People’s Conference haven’t said anything and it appears that these parties don’t even figure in the list framed by the opposition parties on the national level.
“Kashmir based parties appear to be in no mood to annoy the BJP led Government at the Centre and haven’t shown much inclination towards
opposition putting up a united front,” said an observer.
He said, “Despite Dr Farooq Abdullah being in touch with the opposition parties his son Omar Abdullah has been maintaining a distance from most of the activities of the other parties.” The observer said that Ghulam Nabi Azad not attending the Patna meeting is an indication that he also wants to be seen as a leader having his own identity. “Assembly elections haven’t been held in J&K since 2018 and not a single opposition party has tried to push this issue,” he added.
Political analysts are of the opinion that no Kashmir based party wants to annoy New Delhi. “Politicians are aware that neither assembly elections can be held in J&K without Centre’s consent nor can any government be formed without Delhi’s blessings. Opposition parties are making efforts to forge unity on the national level and it won’t help regional parties in Kashmir,” said an analyst.
He said more than anything regional parties want assembly elections to be held so that they can make a comeback. “In the present scenario regional parties in J&K have turned into non-entities and they don’t want to join the chorus against the BJP led government at the Centre,” he added. |
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