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Masarat’s release helps PDP, BJP to consolidate Vote bank 3/11/2015 11:17:53 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 11: The PDP seems to have put on added political weight following Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's order to set free senior separatist leader, Masarat Alam, who had been languishing in Jail for the last over four years on charges of having incited people to resort to violence in which 120 people were killed in clashes between the demonstrators and the security forces in the summer of 2010. Though Mufti had simply implemented the court order, he has succeeded in further strengthening his vote bank in the Kashmir valley. In fact when the PDP had forged an alliance with the BJP for sharing power the party had started witnessing rapid erosion in its vote bank as majority of people were not happy with the alliance with a communal organization. And even the BJP had started witnessing weakening of its vote bank in Jammu as pro-BJP voters had not relished the party to have joined hands with a Kashmir centric party that had kicked up a row over transfer to land to the Amarnath Shrine Board in 2007 which had resulted in the fall of the Ghulam Nabi Azad headed Government. Field reports said that after the BJP,both at the state level and at the national level, voiced deep resentment and anger over Sayeed's issuing an order for release of Masarat Alam the Sangh Parivaar has started making up for the erosion in its vote bank. Pro-BJP people in the region of Jammu believe that if pushed to wall the BJP could react and review its power sharing decision and this has helped the BJP to safeguard its political interests. However, the PDP seems to have earned support from people in the Kashmir valley for the way he stood to his stand even if the order for the release of Masarat Alam had been cleared in February when the state was under the Governor's rule. But people and those supporting separatists feel proud of Mufti Sayeed for having refused to concede the central Government's demand for re arresting Masarat Alam. But at the same time the centre has succeeded in ensuring that no militants or separatist was released now onwards.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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