SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir needs a coalition of regional parties to keep out the BJP, the CPI(M)s lone legislator in the state says, however adding that he doesnt expect this to happen anytime soon.
Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami said his party always knew that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition was an alliance of opportunists. Their so-called Agenda of Alliance or common minimum programme was merely a façade to gain power, Tarigami said.
Ever since her father Mufti Sayeed died in early January, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti has refused to form a government with the BJP and Jammu and Kashmir has been under Governors Rule.
Speculation has it that the PDP and the BJP marriage has run into rough weather although no one says it in so many words. Opposition parties in th?e state, however, feel the two are indulging in a political drama.
The National Conference, the PDPs main foe in the KashmirValley, wants fresh elections. Tarigama disagrees.
The PDP and the BJP are the largest and second largest parties in splintered Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. The National Conference and the Congress are in the third and fourth spots.
If you look at it, they claimed to have come together to bridge the gap between the three regions of the state. They clearly failed to do that. Or else there wouldnt be a problem today to re-enforce the alliance.
Would the CPI(M), with just one member in the 87-seat assembly, support an alliance minus the BJP? Yes, but as of now no such thing seems likely to happen, he said.
Tarigami argued that he was sure the PDP and the BJP would finally shake hands to again rule the countrys on?ly Muslim-majority state. It wont be surprising for me that the PDP-BJP will form a government. These two parties have always played with peoples sentiments. Their only aim is to gain power at any cost.
Im certain they will work out their so-called differences in the coming days to form a new government.?
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