PDP's focus on Anantnag LS seat, NC presses its machinery in Srinagar

Jammu, March 16 (KIP):-As far as the PDP is concerned it has pressed

its entire party machinery for wooing the voters in Anantnag Lok Sabha

constituency where the Party has fielded Tasadduq Mufti, son of

veteran political leader and former Chief Minister,Late Mufti Sayeed.

Despite the fact that the voters in the constituency have been

supporting the Muftis,first Mufti Sayeed and later Mehbooba Mufti, but

its alliance with the BJP may prove costly for the PDP. That is the

reason the PDP has pressed its entire party machinery to ensure victory for Mehbooba's brother who is the PDP candidate.

In fact the PDP has already started its campaign in

Anantnag-Pulwama LS constituency by organizing party workers' meet at

district headquarters. Coordinator of PDP for south Kashmir and Chief

Minister Mehbooba Mufti's cousin, Mufti Sajad, held the workers meet

at Khannabal housing colony  the other day..

While addressing the workers, he stressed them to lead a door to door

campaign to ensure victory for the party.” We have to work hard and

reach to the people to ensure victory of PDP candidate for the

Anantnag-Pulwama Lok Sabha seat,” Sajad said.

The Anantnag-Pulwama seat will go to polls on April 12. The seat had

fallen vacant after Mehbooba Mufti took over as Chief Minister of the

State and resigned from the parliamentary seat.

Mehbooba's brother Tasadduq Mufti is PDP candidate for the seat.

Sajad said opposition was unnerved and therefore resorted to a

pre-poll alliance.

“With the candidature of Mufti Tasadduq, the opposition is feeling

restless. Our victory is certain as we have enough support in entire

south Kashmir,” he said.

National Conference and Congress have forged pre-poll alliance for

Anantnag and Srinagar Lok Sabha seats.

Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress (JKPCC) chief, Ghulam Ahmad Mir,

will be locking horns with Tasadduq. Under the alliance Srinagar seat

has been allotted to the NC and the Anantnag seat to the Congress. While Farooq Abdullah will contest the Srinagar seat on the NC ticket G.A.Mir PCC Chief is the Congress candidate from

Anantnag. The NC is sure to win the Srinagar seat while the Congress is

not sure about Mir's success in Anantnag constituency.

Reports said while the Congress has focused its attention on

Anantnag seat the NC has concentrated on Srinagar seat. And if Mir win

the Anantnag seat he may be replaced by Tariq Hameed Karra as PCC

Chief. This way the Congress has won his support for the Srinagar LS

seat where its alliance partner Farooq Abdullah has been fielded by

the NC.(KIP)