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Jammu and Kashmir: Against All Odds, Gupkar Alliance Gains Control of 8 DDCs
The alliance could have bagged control of 12 districts, but defections and changes in rules tipped the scales against it.
Votes being counted for the District Development Polls in Jammu and Kashmir on December 22. Photo: PTI
Politics20/Feb/2021
Srinagar: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), a conglomerate of political parties seeking the restoration of Article 370, will control only eight district development councils (DDCs) in Jammu and Kashmir, despite the numbers favouring it in 12 districts.
However, the fact that the alliance managed to surpass the BJPâs tally is being seen as a victory against all odds. Some DDC members elected on the PAGD’s ticket were poached by rival parties and the UT administration also changed rules governing the elections, apparently to favour the BJP and its friendly parties.
PDP leader says investigation against party youth president is ‘fraudulent and politically motivated’ Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday alleged that the J&K Police was “torturing” the incarcerated PDP youth president Waheed Ur Rehmaan Parra and keeping him in “inhuman conditions”.
“Waheed is being persecuted and tortured to admit the false allegations. Since an admission didn’t happen, he is being kept under inhuman conditions. This investigation has been fraudulent and politically motivated from day one,” Ms. Mufti said, in a tweet.
She said the J&K Police’s CID wing had joined the list of Central agencies “that work to terrorise Kashmiris and falsely implicate them”.
Court Grants Bail To PDP Youth Leader Arrested By NIA For Alleged Links With Militants
PDP leader Waheed ur Rehman Parra was arrested by NIA over alleged links with militants a day after submitting his nomination papers for local Kashmir council elections. Twitter Naseer Ganai 2021-01-09T18:27:38+05:30 Court Grants Bail To PDP Youth Leader Arrested By NIA For Alleged Links With Militants outlookindia.com 2021-01-09T20:00:44+05:30
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PDP sources said the court has granted bail to Parra but he has not been released yet.
Parra was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) over his alleged links with militants a day after submitting his nomination papers for the DDC elections from Pulwama in December.