National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday were seen firefighting to save the People’s Alliance for the Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgam of four parties that has been demanding restoration of the pre-August 5, 2019 position of Jammu and Kashmir.
“The office of the PAGD will never be closed. A final decision regarding the things [fighting elections together] will be taken only after elections are announced and depending upon the situation. As of now, nothing can be said,” Dr. Abdullah said.
Dr. Abdullah’s statement comes just a day after NC vice-president Omar Abdullah headed a meeting of the party’s provincial committee that passed a unanimous resolution “to contest elections on all 90 seats in the Union Territory (UT) alone”. The move has the potential to break the three-year-old alliance.
