PROXIES CREATED TO HELP BJP JUSTIFY DECISIONS OF AUG 5, ALLEGES MEHBOOBA

Former chief minister and People’s Democratic Party president, Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said that the aim of “proxy parties” created by the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir is to make the unconstitutional decision of August 05, 2019 as constitutional decision through them in the assembly.

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a party convention in Bandipora, she said that the policy of BJP has been to create division among regional parties in Jammu and Kashmir. “First they attacked PDP and created ‘proxy parties’, which everyone knows. Then they created division within NC in Jammu and made those leaders to directly join the BJP,” she said.

Mehbooba said that now there is a division in the Congress party as well and to her knowledge this division is not happening on its own, but is being done by the BJP. “”BJP wants to create two factions in the Congress party here as well and want to use them separately,” she said.

Replying to a question, she said that election will be held one day or the other, but she has a doubt that the way they are creating division among the regional parties in Jammu and Kashmir, their only aim is that in the coming assembly election they will make those people reach the assembly who will help them to make the unconstitutional decision of August 05, 2019 as a constitutional decision through assembly.

“They will make those people, who are their proxies, to reach the assembly and through them they will make the unconstitutional decision of August 05, 2019 as constitutional and right decision. But I have full faith that the people of Jammu and Kashmir are well aware of these proxies and they understand which parties are their own parties, which parties will defend their rights and which parties will deceive them,” she said.

Mehbooba said that the aim these new parties is only to make unconstitutional decisions of August 05, 2019 as constitutional decisions.

It is worth mention here that most of the founder members of the PDP have left the party and joined Apni Party floated by once close aide of Mufti Syed, Mohammad Altaf Bukhari. Bukhari was finance minister in the PDP led regime and after parting ways, he has taken away most of the leaders.

Also Sajjad Gani Lone’s Peoples Conference has managed to rope in some new faces either new entrants in politics or former members of PDP.