Jahangeer Ganaie
Pulwama, Aug 19: The resentment is brewing among leaders and workers of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in several assembly constituencies after the first list of constituency incharges was made public by the party.
As per the details available, in view of the assembly elections, the PDP parliamentary board has released the list of eight constituency incharges including A R Veeri from Anantnag East, Sartaj Madni Devsar, Dr Mehboob Beigh Anantnag, Gh Nabi Lone Hanjura Chaar-e-Shareef, Iltija Mufti Bijbehara, Gh Mohi-ud-din Wani Watchi, Waheed ur Rehman Para Pulwama and Rafiq Ahmad Naik from Tral.
On Bijbehara Assembly seat, the former minister and senior PDP leader Ab Rehman Veeri has won four times consecutively since 1998 but he has been now asked to fight elections from Anantnag East (Shangus Constituency).
Several party leaders and workers said that they aren’t happy with the decision as according to them, Veeri wasn’t taken into confidence before taking this decision.
They said how come the party has asked him to fight elections from another constituency despite being aware of every nook and corner of Bijbehara assembly segment.
They said that party leaders in Shangus too aren’t happy with the decision.
A R Veeri was not available to comment on the issue.
In Shopian’s Zainapora, PDP has made senior worker Gh Mohi-ud-din Wani as constituency in charge while former MLA and DDC member Aijaz Ahmad Mir has been dropped.
Aijaz Ahmad Mir said that he wasn’t taken into confidence before taking this decision.
He said that he isn’t happy with it and will take up any decision after discussing the issue with the workers.
