J&K District Development Council polls | Gupkar Alliance fails to reach seat-sharing deal

The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (Gupkar Alliance) members failed to finalise their eat-sharing association for the District Development Council polls but once more on November 14 regardless of holding a marathon assembly, the third one in two days, on the difficulty.

The seat-sharing challenge defying a decision appeared to be exasperating for the 2 key constituents of the PAGD with its vice-chairperson and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti reminding the alliance that it has an even bigger trigger to struggle for than to bicker over the DDC elections.

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JKPC chairman Sajad Lone too rued that the statesmanship and magnanimity continues to be a lacking trait in our polity .

In a associated growth earlier in the course of the day, as per the sources, PDP founder member Muzaffar Hussain Baig resigned from the celebration following the disagreement over the seat-sharing for the DDC elections.

The PAGD assembly which lasted for a number of hours on the National Conference headquarters ‘Nawa-i-Subah’ in Srinagar concluded late on November 14, a PAGD chief mentioned.

He mentioned the assembly was a part of the consultations between the events of the alliance for the upcoming DDC polls.

The seat-sharing has turn out to be a key hurdle within the discussions within the alliance because the three conferences over the past two days have remained inconclusive.

“We concluded the meeting around 10 p.m., but no final decision has been taken. The meeting remained inconclusive,” the chief mentioned.

The alliance companions will meet once more on November 15 to chalk out the longer term plan of action and talk about the seat-sharing preparations additional, he added.

Amid the PAGD assembly, Ms. Mufti mentioned the alliance was shaped solely to safeguard the id of the individuals of Jammu and Kashmir and its constituents have an even bigger trigger to struggle for than to bicker over DDC elections.

“PAGD was formed solely to safeguard the identity of people of J&K that has been under constant attack since Aug 2019. To assume (that) it was created for the petty electoral gains or to further party interests is erroneous. We have a bigger cause to fight for than to bicker over DDC elections,” Ms. Mufti tweeted.

The alliance has introduced the seat-sharing association for the primary part of the polls as per which the National Conference will contest on 21 seats out of 27, whereas the PDP will struggle on 4 seats and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) on two.

Reacting to Ms. Mufti’s tweet, Mr. Lone, the JKPC chairman, mentioned the truth was that statesmanship and magnanimity continues to be a lacking trait in our polity .

“I agree with every word and would further add that the reality, as it exists, is that statesmanship and magnanimity is still a missing trait in our polity. And the absence is being felt more than any other time,” Mr. Lone mentioned.