EARTH NEWS SERVICE|
Srinagar, Jan 18|16: Taking a dig at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for not forming government in Jammu and Kashmir despite declaring that alliance with BJP stands, working president of the National Conference (NC) Omar Abdullah said this is being done to salvage some bare minimum credibility for the PDP and to create a smokescreen of stiff morality. From the statement issued to the media at the conclusion of core group meeting of PDP, it has become evident that the PDP-BJP Alliance stands, no conditions have been set by the PDP, no negotiations are being conducted and the formation of the new PDP-BJP Government is a foregone conclusion, the former Chief Minister wrote on Facebook. He said while the PDP has declared that the PDPBJP ‘Agenda of the Alliance’ is a “sacred document” and that PDP continues to be in awe of the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there is an inexplicable delay in Government formation. The people of the state continue to be deprived of an elected Government while two political parties with a combined majority continue to be in an alliance – which is bizarre and unprecedented. This posturing and political drama comes at the cost of uncertainty, instability and chaos in the State. Mr Abdullah further wrote that Mehbooba Mufti (or PDP for that matter) has two options – to either deliver on the promises made to the people of J&K or to break the alliance with the BJP. To hang on to this alliance with the BJP for dear life while pretending to be the unwavering example of high morality is akin to aspiring to have the cake and eat it too. ”If Ms Mufti can’t rise to the occasion, she should end PDP’s alliance with the BJP based on former’s alleged reservations and regrets over the previous ten months and we can go back to the people again for fresh elections,” the working president of NC said. The longer Ms Mufti delays the imminent government formation with the BJP, the more people will expect her to extract concessions from the Centre, he said. ”I wish her the best of luck in her political games with the genuine disappointment that these political games and theatrics come at a grave cost to the common man in J&K who continues to be surrounded by an eerie political uncertainty,” he said
