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Srinagar/Anantnag/Shopian: In Bijbehara, hometown of the Muftis in Jammu and Kashmirs Anantnag district, Mansour Khan, sitting under a tree next to the grave of former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, believes the election of Mehbooba Mufti from Anantnag-Rajouri seat is crucial for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
Mansours assessment comes from the fact that over the last five years, ever since Mehbooba, Muftis daughter, lost her last election from the constituency (previously just Anantnag), a lot has changed for the PDP...
The partys leadership has practically hollowed out with an exodus led by former minister Altaf Bukhari, who now has his own outfit J&K Apni Party.. Further, the PDP was deserted within the INDIA bloc when its rival National Conference (NC) and the Congress decided to go ahead and announce their seat-sharing formula for J&Ks six Lok Sabha seats..
They should not have demeaned our party and workers by saying that they would see our behaviour in the Lok Sabha polls before deciding on an alliance for the assembly elections (due later this year), she said in early April, while announcing the PDPs three candidates for Kashmirs Lok Sabha seats...
While the BJP has not fielded candidates on Kashmirs three Lok Sabha seats, its local leadership has been busy campaigning for the Anantnag-Rajouri candidate of the Apni Party, which is considered close to the BJP...
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