PDP slams Guv’s remark on election participation

Srinagar, January 17

Dismissing reports that the PDP was not ready to go to polls as a misplaced presumption, the party on Thursday said it was geared up for the people’s verdict even before the dissolution of the Assembly last year.

Governor Satya Pal Malik was quoted in a media report that all political parties, except the PDP, want early polls.

In a statement issued here, senior PDP leader Nizam-ud-din Bhat expressed ignorance and astonishment that such presumption should come from such high office.

“The PDP has always put the electorate above everything as a vital democratic component and has never shied away from taking active part in the electoral fray. It’s the party’s agenda, which gave people relief from the anarchic rule of the past regimes in the state. In both sittings of our government under Mufti Sahib (Mohammed Sayeed) and Mehbooba Ji, we as a party strengthened the democratic institutions and rebuilt public trust in justice and fair play,” Bhat added. — TNS