Gupkar Alliance wins DDC chairperson polls in 2 valley districts
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NC gained the publish of the chairperson from Ganderbal and a PDP candidate was elected as chairperson in Pulwama.
The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) – an amalgam of six political events in search of restoration of the particular Constitutional standing of the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir – gained the elections for the posts of chairpersons of the District Development Council (DDC) in two districts of the valley for which the polls have been held on Wednesday, officers mentioned.
In the third section of the polls on Wednesday, elections have been performed in two districts of the Kashmir valley — Ganderbal and Pulwama — and the PAGD, which incorporates the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), gained at each the locations.
While the NC gained the publish of the chairperson from Ganderbal, a PDP candidate was elected as chairperson in Pulwama, the officers mentioned.
In Ganderbal district in central Kashmir, NC candidate Nuzhat Ishfaq was elected because the chairperson, whereas Bilal Ahmad Sheikh of PDP was elected because the vice-chairperson of the DDC Ganderbal, they mentioned.
Ms. Nuzhat is the spouse of NC chief and former MLA Ganderbal Ishfaq Jabbar.
In the DDC polls for 14 seats in the district which occurred in December final 12 months, the NC had gained seven seats whereas the PDP bagged 4 and three went to the kitty of independents.
In Pulwama district in south Kashmir, the PDP candidate Syed Bari Andrabi was elected because the chairperson, whereas the NC candidate Mukhtar Ahmad Bandh as his deputy, the officers mentioned.
The PDP had emerged as the only largest get together in the district by bagging half of the overall 14 seats.
PDP’s DDC member Waheed-ur-Rehman Para — who was arrested by the NIA first and later by Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) and is but to take oath as a DDC member –- couldn’t take part in the election for the publish of chairperson and vice-chairperson, the officers added.
Meanwhile, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti mentioned on Twitter, “Congratulations to DDC members of Pulwama & Ganderbal for showing exemplary character & courage. They stood by PAGD despite unimaginable pressures & threats”.
In the primary section of the polls to the posts of chairpersons and vice-chairpersons for 3 districts on Saturday, Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party gained two – Srinagar and Shopian, whereas CPI(M) – which is a part of the PAGD – gained from Kulgam.
In the second section of the elections, the polls have been held in the 2 districts of Budgam and Kupwara, whereas the elections in Baramulla district have been postponed.
While an unbiased candidate Nazir Ahmad Khan was elected because the chairperson in Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference led by Sajad Lone gained from Kupwara district.
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