Apni Party bags Srinagar & Shopian, eyes 10 more DDCs | India News – Times of India
SRINAGAR: Altaf Bukhari’s Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) has bagged Srinagar and Shopian district improvement councils and is leaving no stones unturned to safe majority of the 10 DDCs in Kashmir. Its candidates obtained elected as chairman and vice-chairman in each DDCs with the assist of independents. The majority of DDCs in Jammu division, on anticipated traces, are to be headed by BJP winners.
This will certainly shrink the political house of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar (*10*) (PAGD) of the mainstream events, National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party, People’s Conference, J&Okay People’s Movement and CPM. Notably, PAGD may win solely three seats in Srinagar and two in Shopian out of the 14 that had been contested in every district.
Bukhari, who’s perceived because the “Centre’s man in the valley”, instructed TOI, “This is the start of real democracy and the politics of truth in the Union territory. We will pursue the issues of people till the end come what may.”
Elections to 280 DDC constituencies had been held in eight phases from November 28 to December 19 final 12 months. This was the primary democratic train in Jammu and Kashmir after the nullification of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state into Union territories final 12 months.
JKAP’s Aftab Malik turned chairman of Srinagar DDC, with the votes of 10 elected members of which seven had been independents. They have pledged assist to JKAP. Bilal Ahmad, additionally of JKAP, was elected vice-chairperson. PDP’s Manzoor Ahmad Bhat obtained solely 4 votes. Interestingly, BJP’s lone member within the Srinagar DDC, Ajaz Hussian, supported Malik for chairmanship.
Srinagar DDC has 14 members: seven unbiased, three from JKAP, and one every from NC, BJP, PDP and JKMP.
The elections of chairman and vice chairman in Shopian district of south Kashmir has precipitated additional dent on the Gupkar Alliance. JKAP bagged the posts of chairman and vice-chairman in Shopian DDC. JKAP’s Bilqees Akhtar, who would be the first chairperson of Shopian, polled eight votes whereas her rival from Gupkar Alliance secured six. The winner of the submit of vice-chairman, which additionally went to JKAP, was determined by a draw of tons as a result of of a tie. One PAGD member voted in favour of JKAP, which fetched Irfan Manhas the submit.
Out of the 14 seats in Shopian, 4 went every to NC and independents whereas the tally of PDP, JKAP and Congress had been three, two and one respectively. Later, three out of the 4 Independent members and one every from NC and Congress joined JKAP. One unbiased member went to NC.
The DDC in extremely terrorist-infested Kulgam district in South Kashmir has gone to CPM. Mohammad Afzal, who can also be the CPM district secretary, was unanimously elected as the primary DDC chairman of Kulgam. He was supported by all of the 13 members.
The submit of vice-chairman went to NC. In Kulgam, NC and CPM gained 5 seats every, two had been bagged by Congress and two by PDP.
BJP took over chairmanship of the 2 DDCs of Jammu and Kathua. The saffron get together, with 11 out of 14 members in Jammu DDC, will head the council. BJP member from Bhalwal and former MLA from Raipur, Domana Bharat Bushan was elected unopposed as chairman of Jammu DDC. Suraj Singh, DDC member from Khour, was elected unopposed as vice chairman.
Independent DDC member from Suchetgarh, Taranjit Singh Tony, a recognized critic of BJP, proposed the names of Bharat Bushan and Suraj Singh for the posts of chairperson and vice chairperson.
In Kathua, BJP gained 13 out of the 14 seats: the lone opposition member is from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Col (Retd) Maan Singh and Raghunandan Singh Babloo had been elected unopposed as chairman and vice-chairman.
