People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has said that she will not contest the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. The former chief minister said that she would not be able to fulfil her party’s agenda in the established union territory even if she were to become the chief minister.
“I was the prime minister of a government with the BJP that revoked the FIRs against 12,000 people (in 2016). Can we do that now? I, as the prime minister of a government with (the prime minister) Modify“He wrote a letter to the separatists inviting them for dialogue. Can they do it today? I got a ceasefire (implemented). Can they do it today? If they cannot get an FIR back as chief minister, what are they doing with that post?” Mehbooba said on Wednesday.
Jammu and Kashmir will vote in three phases starting from September 18. However, Mehbooba’s daughter, Iltija Mufti, He is making his electoral debut contesting from the Bijbehara seat, a family stronghold in south Kashmir.
The PDP chairwoman was asked if she had changed her mind about contesting the elections after arch-rival National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah made a U-turn on his stance of not contesting the elections till June.Ammu and Kashmir It was a union territory.
“Omar himself said that he would have to be at the door of the (lieutenant governor) for the transfer of a peon. I am not worried about the transfer of the peon, but can we implement our agenda?” said the former prime minister.
Omar AbdullahAbdullah, who had vowed not to contest Assembly elections till Jammu and Kashmir remained Union Territories, was among the 32 candidates named by the party earlier this week. Abdullah will contest elections from the NC stronghold of Ganderbal seat. Omar won elections from here in 2008.
On the alliance between National Conference and the Congress for the Jammu and Kashmir elections, the PDP president said that the two parties have always come together only for power.
Mehbooba said the PDP is fighting for a bigger cause as it is the only party implementing its agenda after coming to power.
“In 2002, we said we would repeal POTA and we did. We said we would open routes (through the LoC) and we did. We said we would facilitate talks and we did that with the Hurriyat ConferenceWe are pursuing our agenda and today our agenda is that there is a problem which cannot be solved without addressing it. And restoration of Article 370 is also important to resolve this problem.
In the last Assembly elections held in 2014, the PDP emerged as the single largest party with 28 seats. The BJP finished second with 25 seats. The PDP, led by Mufti Mohamed SayeedMehbooba’s father decided to form an unprecedented alliance with the BJP, a party with opposing ideologies.
However, the PDP-BJP government could not last for the entire six-year term as the BJP withdrew its support to the erstwhile PDP in 2018. Since then, the erstwhile state has been under the central rule.
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