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Anantnag by-poll: BJP caught between devil and deep sea | | | Early Times Report jammu, June 4: Assuming that the BJP leaders are allowed to campaign in favour of Mehbooba Mufti who is the PDP candidate from Anantnag Assembly constituency, will it suit Mehbooba or harm the PDP chances ? This is a tricky question. If the BJP leaders from Jammu and Kashmir or from even outside the state campaign in favour of Mehbooba they have to endorse basic policies and ideologies of the PDP. The BJP leaders, in the interest of the success of Mehbooba, have to support retention of Article 370 which grant special status to the state within the union of India. The BJP leaders have to support the PDP's slogan of self-rule and increase in people to people contact and trade across the LOC. As partner in power the BJP is supposed to oppose revocation of AFSPA and withdrawal of the Army from the civilian areas. They have to oppose setting up a Sainik colony which could alter the demographic character of the Valley. The BJP leaders have to oppose grant of citizenship rights to the refugees from West Pakistan. If the BJP leaders do so they may provide some help to Mehbooba in winning the race but in the long run could be responsible for cutting the BJP roots in the region of Jammu which had, for the first time, elected 25 BJP men to the state Assembly in 2014 election. It will be simply a betrayal of the BJP ideology and policy. Over the years the BJP has been able to strengthen its vote bank in the region of Jammu on the slogans of abrogation of Article 370 and full integration of J&K with rest of the country. It has supported grant of citizenship rights to west Pakistan refugees settled in Jammu-Kathua belt. It has opposed self-rule. It policy has been Ek Pradhan,Ek Vidhan and Ek Nishan meaning one Governor, one constitution and one flag which runs in contrast with the ideology of the PDP. Now assume that the BJP leaders when on pre-poll campaign, demand revocation of Article 370,retention of AFSPA and no talks with Kashmiri separatists and Pakistan till Islamabad stops using the soil of Pakistan for exporting terror to India and Jammu and Kashmir. What will happen to the PDP candidate, Mehbooba Mufti. As chief Minister she has to be a member of either the lower House or the Upper House within a period of six months. She could have opted for an easy berth to the Legislative Council but she opted for a democratic way of getting elected to the Assembly. This way it is a do or die battle for Mehbooba. If she loses the election her reputation as a seasoned politician is lost. She will lose her Chief Ministership too provided she does not seek election to the Legislative Council. But after losing the Assembly poll it will be a mockery of democratic process if she opts for a berth in the upper House. This way it is not only in the interest of the PDP that the BJP is kept away from assisting its partner in the pre-poll campaign but also suicidal for the BJP if its campaigns in favour of Mehbooba. Better idea is to keep the BJP off the firing line and let the PDP fight for the poll battle. Well Mehbooba is given an indication about her policy of keeping the BJP away from the pre-poll campaign process .When she visited the office of the Deputy Commissioner Anantnag for filing her nomination papers he was accompanies by only senior leaders from PDP, including Muzaffar Hussain Baig, Dr Mehboob Beg, Abdul Rehman Veeri and Sartaj Madani. No senior BJP leaders was seen accompanying her. |
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