New Delhi
\nIf the violence during the \u201cceasefire\u201d will be the last straw for the uneasy alliance between the BJP and PDP remains to be seen, but the saffron cadres are certainly upset over the party-led Centre \u201cabandoning\u201d its long-held stance on Article 370.<\/p>\n
Besides the 2019 Lok Sabha election and the future of the coalition, the underlying anger among the cadres over response to Article 370 in the vision document is also among the main issues to come up at a crucial meeting of the state BJP leaders with party chief Amit Shah on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
BJP state chief Ravinder Raina said they would try to increase the number of seats for the upcoming polls.<\/p>\n
A key takeaway while talking to the state leaders is that \u201cexcessive leeway to Mehbooba Mufti and Kashmir\u201d has alienated their core voters in the Jammu region who overwhelmingly voted for the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha election.<\/p>\n
In sharp contrast to the BJP, Mehbooba and her party are perceived as supporting \u201csoft separatism\u201d revolving around reconciliation with Pakistan and separatist groups operating in Kashmir.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile her views and stance have been accepted despite severe reservations keeping in mind the interests of the sensitive border state, the BJP cadres are unhappy. This may affect the BJP\u2019s prospects in 2019,\u201d says a leader.<\/p>\n
\u201cResentment and concern\u201d in the BJP-RSS over the way the party-led Centre has \u201csoftened, rather abandoned\u201c its stance on critical issues related to Kashmir in the penultimate year before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections has been reported earlier.<\/p>\n
Their biggest grouse has been the response to the BJP\u2019s long-held stance on Article 370, guaranteeing the state the present level of autonomy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThough leaders keep making assurances, the fact is that the BJP has not done anything in the past four years since it has been in power at the Centre,\u201d they say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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