Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti mentioned that her celebration will contest the panchayat elections, including that she “does not want to leave any space uncontested for the BJP.”
Speaking to The Indian Express, Mufti mentioned: “As far as Mehbooba Mufti is concerned, I have made it amply clear, so many times, that I am not going to be in power politics for quite sometime now.”
Hinting at the potential of an opposition alliance, Mufti mentioned: “The PAGD has a larger role, which is first and foremost, that we have to act as a resistance against the nefarious designs of the BJP. And to thwart their designs, if we have to come together and fight elections unitedly, why not? I think, ultimately, we will, but till now we haven’t had any discussion on this among ourselves.”
Former J&Okay chief minister and National Conference vp Omar Abdullah has already expressed his willingness for the PAGD to battle the polls collectively.
The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration is a political alliance between a number of regional political events in Jammu and Kashmir which were campaigning for the restoration of particular standing to the area after Article 370 was abrogated in August 2019.
Mufti additionally criticised the delimitation train within the Valley saying that it was an try by the central authorities to disempower the bulk neighborhood.
“The Delimitation Commission is not something that you can separate from what happened on August 5, 2019. It is part of that plan to disempower the majority community… The Delimitation Commission has laid the basis for a political, demographic change… In Jammu, they have scattered the minority vote, be it Muslims or Sikhs, in such way that their vote has lost its significance,” Mufti was quoted by The Indian Express as saying.
Decks have been cleared for the first-ever Assembly polls within the Union Territory after the ultimate Delimitation Commission report rejected objections of three of the 5 affiliate members and Kashmir-based events on redrawing its constituencies.
The fee allotted six extra seats to the Jammu area and just one to Kashmir, although the latter has 15 lakh extra inhabitants. Also, 9 constituencies for have been reserved for Scheduled Tribes for the primary time in J&Okay’s historical past. Two nominated Assembly seats for Kashmiri Pandits and a few seats for refugees from Pakistan occupied Kashmir have been a part of the suggestions of the fee headed by Justice (retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai with Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and J&Okay State Election Commissioner Okay Okay Sharma as members.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”