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| Masoodi’s statement exposes differences between NC, PDP over contesting LS polls jointly | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 20: Amid reports that a group with the National Conference is against leaving any Lok Sabha seat for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the coming Parliamentary elections, the statement given by Justice (retired) Hasnain Masoodi is a clear indication about differences between two constituents of the Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD).
“I am hopeful that our leadership will take a decision on contesting the coming Lok Sabha elections alone in Jammu and Kashmir”, Hasnain Masoodi told media persons at Anantnag two days ago while responding to a query regarding the party’s candidate on this prestigious seat.
Masoodi is hopeful that NC leadership will take a decision on Anantnag Lok Sabha while taking into account the ground situation and views of the party cadre.
Notably, Hasnain Masoodi had won the election from the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat by defeating PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti in the 2019 Parliamentary elections.
Mehbooba Mufti had lost the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat to Hasnain Masoodi by nearly 10,000 votes.
Masoodi had polled 40,180 votes, while Mehbooba secured 30,524 votes Congress’s candidate Ghulam Ahmad Mir was the runner-up with 33,504 votes.
As reported earlier by the Early Times despite attending the first meeting of the opposition parties at Patna and Bangalore, leaderships of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and National Conference are yet to finalize the seat-sharing arrangement for the coming Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
Highly placed sources said that the faction which is opposing leaving any Lok Sabha seat for the PDP, and suggested that instead of contesting Parliamentary elections the PDP leadership should support the opposition candidates on all the five Lok Sabha seats of Jammu and Kashmir.
This group suggested that PDP should support the National Conference on three seats in Kashmir Valley and the Congress on two seats in Jammu province. |
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