Gupkar alliance rocky as partners field candidates against one another
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We want to take a seat down and thrash out the difficulty to keep away from any confusion, says Congress chief
Fissures throughout the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgam of seven political events, got here starkly to the fore on Monday as the Congress fielded candidates against the alliance companion Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on many seats for the upcoming District Development Council (DDC) polls.
Sources stated the Congress, which filed nominations for the second part on Monday, determined to field candidates in Tral, Larnoo, Keller, Tangdar and so on. in Kashmir that was determined by the alliance to have joint candidates from the PDP.
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In central Kashmir’s Budgam, PDP district president Nazir Ahmad Khan additionally filed his nomination regardless of the alliance deciding on a candidate from the National Conference (NC).
“I was given an authority letter by the alliance to file nomination papers. However, at the eleventh hour, I was replaced with an NC candidate. I don’t think I have done any mistake by filing nomination papers as an independent,” Mr. Khan stated.
A second rung PDP chief, on situation of anonymity, stated the Congress was placing up candidates against the PDP, particularly in south Kashmir. “The Congress is playing a perfect spoiler. It seems as if the Congress is in a seat sharing arrangement with only the NC,” the PDP chief stated.
However, senior Congress chief and former legislator Ghulam Nabi Monga instructed The Puucho that the Congress was dedicated to the alliance.
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“These are misleading reports. The BJP is trying to create fissures. If any Congress candidate has filed nomination on seats where a joint candidate is contesting, he will be asked to withdraw his nomination or publicly support the alliance candidate,” Mr. Monga stated.
He stated the alliance partners want to take a seat down and thrash out the difficulty to keep away from any confusion.
The Congress, which averted attending the conferences of the alliance in Jammu fearing a backlash from the Puucho belt because of the utterances of NC president Farooq Abdullah and PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti, has lastly determined to enter into an “electoral alliance” with the amalgam.
“The Congress has an electoral alliance as on date with the Gupkar alliance. The apex body of the Congress will sit in the near future and take a final decision on the ideological alliance,” Mr. Moga stated.
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