SRINAGAR It’s not even a month since Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost power that a key member in Mehbooba Mufti cabinet Monday raised a banner of revolt calling the party as Family Democratic Party.
Imran Raza Ansari, who was minister of sports and technical education in her cabinet said, PDP is run by family members and not by elected representatives. Tasaduq Mufti, Nayeem Akhtar and family members of Mehbooba Mufti, including her uncles are all dead wood who have hijacked the party, Imran Ansari told media on the sidelines of a function at Trikolbal Pattan.
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I am ready to join 50 parties but those parties should not be run and managed by family members. I have already said goodbye to the party. I am not resigning because I am a legislator right now, Imran, who took over political mantle from his late father in 2014, said.
A photograph of Imran Ansari with a National Conference leader earlier made rounds on social media, indicating that he has made up his mind to join National Conference.
On Sunday, Imran’s uncle and another PDP legislator Abid Ansari alleged that Mehbooba Mufti posted her relatives on top positions. Abid Ansari even attacked Tasaduq Mufti calling him a photographer turned family politician.
Defending his uncle, Imran Raza Ansari said that Abid is not wrong. We repeatedly told Mehbooba Mufti there are some black sheep in the party but she never listened to us. I was a Minister but Mehbooba neither listened to me nor took me into confidence, he said adding that the PDP-BJP Government ended because of the black sheep present in the party.
Imran while hitting PDP left, right, centre said that Tasaduq Mufti and Nayeem Aktar were backdoor entries. PDP is a family party. Everything happens inside family. The black sheep not only destroyed the party but also Kashmir Valley, Imran added that PDP is Pir party where deserved candidates are pushed to wall.
While responding to a question, Imran Ansari said that Mehbooba is not like her father who never preferred his family members but encouraged party workers. Mehbooba Mufti only preferred her family members. She lacks strategy and planning, Imran said.
Imran is the son of late Minister Molvi Iftikar Hussain Ansari- the man who started his political career with Congress and later on shifted to National Conference and after developing some differences with Dr Farooq Abdullah joined Peoples Democratic Party. (CNS)
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