Srinagar
\nPDP\u2019s lone MP Muzaffar Beig on Tuesday raised a banner of revolt against his own party and hinted at joining the emerging \u2018third front\u2019 after calling Sajad Lone like his son. Promptly welcoming his move, Sajad said Baig\u2019s entry could be the defining tribute to the \u2018third front.\u2019<\/p>\n
In a major political upheaval after the break-up of the PDP-BJP government in June this year, Baig said the PDP betrayed its workers and the legislators by boycotting the polls. Addressing reporters here, Baig was attacked the PDP but praised the \u2018third front\u2019 and Sajad.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was a friend of his father and I also prepared the constitution of the People\u2019s Conference . I contested the election and on the basis of which the PC was registered and recognised as a political party. So the PC has been like a home to me. For me Sajad is like a son. If Sajad is interested that there should be a third force, he should be encouraged.\u201d Baig said. \u201cIf the \u2018third front\u2019 emerges in J&K, I would seriously consider joining it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The PDP headed by Mehbooba Mufti is going through a sort of existential crisis as many of its members, including former Cabinet Minister and influential Shia cleric Imran Ansari, have openly defied the party leadership and have rallied around Sajad.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am humbled by Muzaffar Baig\u2019s statement. A person of his stature, experience and intellect can be the defining attribute of the emerging third party. I remember him as my favourite uncle during my childhood,\u201d Sajad tweeted minutes after the press meet.<\/p>\n
Hitting out at the PDP, Baig said the party\u2019s decision to \u201cape NC\u201d to boycott the municipal elections was \u201cundemocratic and it was taken without consulting him\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was a phone call away. They did not consult me. I remained quiet because I do not want the PDP to fall asunder,\u201d Baig added.<\/p>\n
Both the NC and PDP had insisted that the Centre should take a stand on Article 35A as a pre-condition to join the elections. However, Baig trashed such arguments saying such logic was flawed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Srinagar PDP\u2019s lone MP Muzaffar Beig on Tuesday raised a banner of revolt against his own party and hinted at joining the emerging \u2018third front\u2019 after calling Sajad Lone like his son. Promptly welcoming his move, Sajad said Baig\u2019s entry could be the defining tribute to the \u2018third front.\u2019 In a major political upheaval after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[407],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jammu-kashmir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47898,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47896\/revisions\/47898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}