Srinagar
In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the President of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), Farooq Abdullah has rejected as fallacious the claims that the alliance has accepted 5th August 2019 announcements by India by participating in the recently concluded District Development Council (DDC) polls.
Farooq Abdullah, who is also National Conference President in a media interview said, “Had we accepted revocation of Article 370, we would not have fought (DDC) elections.
We fought elections against the 5th August 2019 unconstitutional announcements. We have not won in favour of these announcements and New Delhi knows it well.”
The PAGD is an alliance of several parties—J&K National Conference, People’s Democratic Party, CPI-M, J&K People’s Conference, J&K People’s Movement and Awami National Conference (ANC).
Asked if PAGD expected more seats in the DDC polls against around 110 won by the alliance, Farooq said, “See neither we were expecting anything nor we can say anything. See we were caged. Our people could not venture out. It is courage of people that despite such pressures that they voted and supported us with such a huge mandate,” he said in the interview.
“They (BJP) should be ashamed. They are still saying our Chief Minister is coming. Come on who stops you. Where is your democracy? Impose whosoever you want to impose.—KMS
