Yawar Hussain
Gupkar Declaration Signatories addressing a joint press conference after meeting at National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah’s residence on Thursday, October 15, 2020. KL Image by Bilal Bahadur
The exit of the People’s Conference has seemingly left the PAGD adrift. The five-party alliance including big players like National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party have not met for nearly two months now.
Seemingly, the PAGD is disinterested in the elections to the chairpersons and vice-chairpersons which they have lost in six out of 13 where they had the mandate when results were declared on December 22 last year. The alliance also hasn’t appointed a new official spokesperson since Sajad Gani Lone left.
SRINAGAR: Altaf Bukhari’s Apni Party is most likely to dominate majority of ten district development councils in kashmir valley shrinking political space of the Gupkar Alliance constituents of major mainstream regional parties like National conference and PDP with having already headed Srinagar and shopian DDCs .
While CPI(M) interestingly, headed by the highly terrorist infested Kulgam courtesy Gupkar Alliance. However, majority of DDCs in jammu division of union territory on expected lines is likely to head by BJP members.
AP Chairman Altaf Bukhari, who is looked as centre’s man in kashmir valley told TOI that the new set of political beings heading Srinagar and shopian DDCs do not have any association with the traditional politics, they are all young.
Apni Party wins Srinagar, Shopian DDC chairperson, VC posts
Apni Party wins Srinagar, Shopian DDC chairperson, VC posts
Kulgam DDC chairman post goes to CPM, VC to NC
Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, Feb 6: The Apni Party today won two District Development Council (DDC) Chairperson and Vice Chairperson posts with the help of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), denting the prospects of the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration that won maximum DDC seats in Kashmir valley last year.
The Apni Party candidate Aftab Malik became chairman of DDC Srinagar as he bagged 10 votes while Malik’s rival bagged only three votes. Bilal Ahmad of the AP was elected vice-chairperson as he secured nine votes while his rival from People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Manzoor Ahmad Bhat bagged only four votes.
CPI (M) candidate unanimously elected as maiden DDC Chairperson in Kulgam
CPI (M) candidate unanimously elected as maiden DDC Chairperson in Kulgam
SRINAGAR: CPI (M) candidate was on Saturday unanimously elected as first District Development Council (DDC) chairman of Kulgam district while as National Conference (NC) bagged seats of DDC vice chairman and Chairman Municipal Council.
Official sources said that CPI (M) candidate Mohammad Afzal who is also District Secretary CPI (M) and won DDC elections on Pombai seat, was unanimously elected as the first DDC chairman of Kulgam as he was supported by all the 13 candidates.
They said National Conference Candidate Shazia Poswal, who won DDC elections from Manzgam seat was elected as Vice Chairman unanimously.
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