In Kashmir’s tense PAGD, the latest political grapevine is that the BJP was obliged by the institutions to make its entry in Kashmir. The leaders do not speak on the record but they say it clearly that managing Tulail located on the Line of Control did not require any high voltage campaigning. As for the Khonmoh where an engineer, Ajaz Rather won for BJP, they credit the Jammu and Kashmir administration that “rejected” the nomination papers of a PAGD nominee.
The PAGD does not talk about the third seat that BJP won, in Pulwama. A young law student whose father migrated from Congress to BJP gave BJP a major victory in the heart of a restive belt. This seat was literally the PAGD gift to the BJP.
PAGD sources said the mandate was given to PDP. Later, NC also filed nomination papers. Before them BJP had given the mandate to Minha Lateef. There were only three candidates in the fray. There were quite a few votes as well. PDP polled 350, NC polled 188 and Minha moved with the title after securing 364, only 14 votes more than the PDP. Had they stayed with the alliance spirit, they would have won it hands down.
Politics has rarely seen the situations as their voters perceive them. In politics, every crisis is an opportunity. This holds basic for the Kashmir political class that has survived in the division throughout. Deep insecurities at individual and party levels were the key factors forcing them to field proxies against official PAGD nominees. Only one person exhibited a rare trait – he campaigned for PAGD, not for his party.
This story is from the December 27 2020 - January 02 2021 edition of Kashmir Life.
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