By NAK,
It has become untenable for PDP to continue alliance: Mehbooba
Srinagar : After being `ditched’ by the Congress high command, former Congress ally in Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today snapped its ties with the United Progressive Alliance in the center.
As per the party spokesman, the party president Mehbooba Mufti conveyed her party’s decision to the UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi in a communiqué today.
“In view of your new arrangement with the National Conference, both in the state and in the UPA, you would appreciate our difficulty in continuing to be a part of the UPA”, Mehbooba Mufti said in the letter adding, “My party has decided to stay away from the arrangement as it has become now untenable for PDP to continue in this alliance”.
The letter reads, “As you have exercised your unquestionable right to choose a partner for government formation in J&K, we wish the new government well. I sincerely hope the new Government in the State is able to respond to the highly complex situation with success”.
“While conveying the party decision, I may express my gratitude for the personal affection that you always showered on me, the consideration that you and your Government showed to our point of view and the historic contribution you made to Kashmir’s fortunes in 2002”, the letter added.
Mehbooba recalled that six years back Congress and PDP started a journey together against the backdrop of blood, mayhem, repression and despondency in Jammu and Kashmir. “Today there is enough indication on ground to feel satisfied that the alliance turned out to be an enterprise of hope for the people of Jammu & Kashmir that you and Mufti Saheb had intended it to be”.
“I have from time to time been briefing you on the goings on in our coalition arrangement, which unfortunately could not run its full course. But, even after the fall of the PDP-Congress Coalition Government in the State, we continued to be with the UPA and extended our full support to your government at the Center in whatever circumstances”.
“We had gone into the recent elections with our agenda for dialogue, Self-Rule, reduction of troops and scrapping of special powers in view of the vastly improved ground situation in the State”, she said adding, “The emphatic rejection of violence by the people of the State as a means of solving problems and reiteration of their faith in democratic means became very clear during the just concluded elections”.
It was mentioned in the letter that PDP has been raising the “vital issues concerning the State and its people for quite some time in the interest of peace and stability”. “We as a responsible opposition will continue to flag the issues that we feel people have mandated us for”, it added.
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