Monitor News Bureau
Srinagar, Mar 8: National Conference Sunday said the emergence of new political formations as a “handiwork of those who want to blunt the true representative voices” of J&K.
In a statement, NC said the move was aimed to ditch genuine political aspirations of the people of J&K.
NC was referring to the launching of J&K Apni Party by former PDP leader and minister Altaf Bukhari on Sunday.
NC spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said it is becoming clear that the continued detention of “legitimate and tall political voices of J&K is not about law and order but are purely political in nature.”
“The way things are unfolding here in Jammu & Kashmir, it is pretty clear that central government in connivance with few are contriving to prop up yet another formation in J&K to serve its interests at the cost of democracy and political probity. They want to fill the political vacuum of Kashmir with those who parrot what New Delhi wants them to. It’s therefore safe to call this new formation as Delhi’s Party and nothing else,” he said.
He said while National Conference is not against having new parties in J&K but the timing and the constituent elements of the newly formed dispensation “is what frets common people who are privy to everything.”
“A new political amalgamation of strange bed fellows is being pushed down the throats by crowing out genuine representatives of people, former chief ministers, sitting Member of Parliament, former law makers. It is no less than a mockery,” he said adding, “Such political outfits are also bound to meet the same fate as other air dropped out fits, whose sole purpose has been to harm the political interests of Kashmir.”
“The new amalgamation has the same leaders as have helped anti-democratic forces pull down democratically elected governments in J&K. The members who have joined the new group are the same who pulled down Farooq’s government in 1984 to cobble up with centre,” he added.
“It is crystal clear now that the genuine and representative voices of J&K have been crowed-out with a sole purpose to benefit few. New Delhi and BJP wants to give them time to poach people from NC especially from PDP, Congress,” he said.
