Vote for PDP is support to BJP: NC

Rajouri, Mar 29 (KMW): Terming PDP as a spent force in ensuing elections, Provincial President Mr Devender Singh Rana and Minister for Planning Mr Ajay Sadhotra on Saturday said the real fight in Jammu-Poonch parliamentary constituency would be between secular NC-Cong alliance and communal BJP.

According to a statement issued to KMW, while addressing workers meeting here this afternoon, they said: “The PDP has been assigned with the job of cutting secular votes by the Sangh Parivar which they are trying to do but they will not succeed in their machinations.” They said the ensuing Lok Sabha election is a battle of ideas, in which the PDP has volunteered to stand by the side of Narendra Modi’s BJP as per mutually agreed upon understanding with eye on grabbing the power after assembly elections. They referred to the brazen support of PDP President for Narendra Modi and said this has vindicated his party’s concerns. “Not that BJP-PDP combine is any threat for NC but their bonhomie is detrimental to the peaceful atmosphere of Jammu and Kashmir”, they said while referring to their clandestine role in sabotaging peace by clandestinely promoting disturbances in recent years.
“However, all their designs have dashed to ground with the support of people and sagacious leadership of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, which has resulted in peace for over four years”, the Provincial President said adding that this has to be maintained.
Mr Rana lambasted Narendra Modi’s hypocrisy vis a vis Jammu and Kashmir, saying those pursuing Shyma Prasad Mukherjee doctrine on Kashmir cannot think beyond myopic prism.
The Provincial President asked the people to see through the game plan of reactionary forces and vote for the alliance candidate Mr Madan Lal Sharma in a big way. This, he said, will be support to the progressive policies of National Conference led by Dr Farooq Abdullah and Mr Omar Abdullah.
Speaking on the occasion, senior party leader and Minister for Planning and Development Mr Ajay Sadhotra expressed confidence about the massive victory of the alliance candidate, saying this is imperative for strengthening democratic and secular forces.
The Minister castigated BJP for pursuing myopic agenda of polarizing the situation, saying this too is not going to work, as their duplicity and political hypocrisy stands miserably exposed. The Provincial President and Mr Sadhotra said that vote for PDP will be a direct support to BJP.
Vice President J&K NC Mr Rattan Lal Gupta, who is party’s election observer for the district also addressed the workers. In their addresses, Kr Rachpal Singh, MLA Ch Talib Hussain, former MP and Mirza Abdul Rasheed, former MP asked people to participate in the hustings in a big way, saying their support to Mr Sharma will be the endorsement of excellent work done by the coalition government under the stewardship of Omar Abdullah.
Those present on the occasion included , Mohammed Aslam Khan, Mr Bashir Ahmed Wani, Mr Shafayat Khan, Mr Shafqat Mir, Mr Mushtaq Shawal, Mr Mohammed Ramzan, Mr Ayub Khan, Mr Rafiq Mir, Mr Shaffi Malik, Mr Mohammed Iqbal and others. (KMW)