PDP's National spokesperson Sameer Kaul today told the media that the party is discussing possibilities of alliance with the BJP.

December 26,2014: PDP's National spokesperson Sameer Kaul today told the media that the party is discussing possibilities of alliance with the BJP. Though the statement says PDP will not compromise its pro-people agenda, the question is how possibly can the two issues of Kashmir's autonomy and revocation of AFSPA, which have been marketed as a major selling point of pdp's manifesto, be reconciled with BJP's clearly stated anti-Kashmir stand on article 370 and its longstanding history of divisive and vitriolic communal politics. BJP's history of anti-muslim politics, right from the communal carnages of Vadodara and Muzaffarnagar to the current spate of conversions across the nation, speaks volumes about their stand and intent for Kashmir, and for J&K, a muslim majority state. The party spokesperson has said that the defining condition for the alliance will be a full 6 yr term of chief ministership for their leader Mufti shb; clearly the party has made up its mind to trade off the region's autonomy for vested personal gain. The PDP or any regional party for that matter, will not only be  subverting the will of the people of the valley in doing so, but will also be irreparably damaging the democratic atmosphere and the delicate communal balance in the valley.

Mushtaq Pahalgami,

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