Senior BJP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta today said that there is no surprise element in the departure of Sajad Lone-led People’s Conference from the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) as fall of this ‘opportunistic’ amalgam is inevitable.
In a statement issued today, the senior BJP functionary said that the formation of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) was nothing but marriage of convenience between various political entities in Valley to save their sinking ships as BJP through its move of abrogating Article 370 has made their presence irrelevant.
“As the PAGD was a amalgam of parties having ideologies that are poles apart, even a novice in the political arena could foresee that the ‘castle’ viz PAGD made by opportunistic dynasts of the Valley has to fall sooner than later and exit of People’s Conference is just the beginning”, he said, adding that era of exploiting people in the name of religion, region or communities has gone and those political parties which abused power in the last over 70 years by befooling masses have no takers left in J&K.
The senior BJP leader said that time has come when the political dynasties including NC and PDP will have to close their shops and depart as BJP led government has widened the vision of people and raised their aspirations by way of accomplishing extraordinary development despite facing number of bottlenecks and hardships that were created by the wrong and directionless policies of successive Governments in J&K.
Kavinder said that Valley will soon see the rise of smaller political entities like Apni Party and People’s Conference as the lies of NC and PDP have been exposed on all fronts and the scope for trapping people once again has diminished to the extreme level leaving very little or no room for their sustenance.
“Sooner the PAGD will fall better it will be for the people of Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere as this alliance is purposeless as far as people’s interests are concerned. Albeit, its intactness is significant only for survival of few political ‘sharks’ which have become redundant after BJP-government’s move on Art-370”, he maintained, adding that downfall of dynastic politics in Valley can only usher the era of public welfare and peace.