BJP-Apni Party combine dents Gupkar Alliance’s DDC prospects
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The J&K Apni Party (JKAP), a brand new regional celebration floated submit August 5, 2019 in Jammu and Kashmir, on Saturday received two District Development Council (DDC) Chairman posts with the assistance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), denting the prospects of the Gupkar Alliance that had its eye on heading all 10 districts within the Valley.
The JKAP, headed by former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) minister and legislator Altaf Bukhari, has received the DDC Chairman polls in Srinagar and Shopian districts.
An official stated JKAP candidate Aftab Malik bagged 10 votes out of 14 votes in opposition to three votes bagged by the Gupkar Alliance candidate Kaiser Ganai, additionally a member of the National Conference, in Srinagar, to win the Chairman’s submit.
The JKAP had received three seats within the DDC polls, held in November-December final 12 months, out of 14 in Srinagar district. It required the help of 4 extra candidates to win the Chairman’s submit. Sources stated the BJP-backed impartial candidates additionally backed the JKAP. The Gupkar Alliance had received solely three seats from Srinagar.
In south Kashmir’s Shopian, JKAP candidate Bilqees Akhtar polled eight votes to win the Chairman’s submit whereas the Gupkar Alliance candidate secured solely six votes. Sources stated the JKAP candidate was wanting one vote and a candidate from the Gupkar Alliance, which additionally received seven seats out of 14 in Shopian, voted in favour of the JKAP.
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) candidate Muhammad Afzal Parray received the Chairman’s submit in Kulgam. The CPI(M) is the a part of the Gupkar Alliance, other than the National Conference (NC) and the PDP.
There are 20 districts in J&K, 10 every within the Kashmir area and the Jammu area. Under the primary ever DDC polls final 12 months, every district was divided into 14 segments and the elected candidates at the moment are within the means of electing District Chairpersons of 20 districts.
Out of 10 districts within the Kashmir valley, the Gupkar alliance had received a majority of district-level polls, with 9 seats in Kupwara, 10 in Budgam, 9 in Pulwama, 12 in Anantnag, 12 in Kulgam and 11 in Ganderbal. The alliance was simply wanting one seat from a transparent majority within the Baramulla, Shopian and Bandipora districts.
However, the exit of Sajad Lone’s Peoples Conference (PC) dented the Gupkar Alliance’s possibilities to win the Chairman’s posts in north Kashmir, the place the PC holds sway within the areas of Kupwara and Handwara. Many elected representatives have additionally modified loyalties in south Kashmir in favour of the JKAP.
The entire election course of was carried out by District Panchayat Election Officer (DPEO) Kulgam, Showkat Aijaz Bhat and his staff, easily.
“The wins show the success of people who reposed their trust and confidence in the Apni Party. The elected Chairpersons of Srinagar and other districts represent a new thought that focuses on the empowerment of the people at the grassroot level,” stated JKAP’s Mr. Bukhari.
He stated this can be a new era of management, which doesn’t have political godfathers or dynastic legacies behind it. “This new leadership has been given a chance to bring a paradigm shift in local politics,” he added.
NC on defections
The NC has raised the difficulty of defections of elected DDC members with the Chief Election Commissioner, J&K, K. K. Sharma. An NC spokesman stated the NC impressed upon Mr. Sharma to look at the difficulty “as it violates the people’s mandate and the spirit of democracy”. The celebration’s provincial president Nasir Aslam Wani and Anantnag MP Hasnain Masoodi introduced the difficulty of defections of elected DDC members of Shopian to the discover of Mr. Sharma. They have urged the disqualification of such DDC members. “If the issue is not combated, it is likely to undermine the very foundations of democracy,” the NC spokesperson stated.
