PDP’s umbilical cord with BJP remains intact: Chowdry Ramzan

Srinagar, Jun 8: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Additional General Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Chowdry Muhammad Ramzan Monday launched a scathing attack on the PDP, alleging that despite public posturing, its political umbilical cord with the BJP remains intact and continues to manifest through calculated manoeuvres aimed at derailing the larger democratic struggle of Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing scores of party functionaries and office-bearers at the party headquarters, Nawa-e-Subha, Chowdry Ramzan said the political choreography between the PDP and BJP becomes increasingly visible whenever the National Conference intensifies its campaign for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s constitutional, political and democratic rights.
The meeting witnessed extensive deliberations on organisational affairs, prevailing public concerns, and the roadmap ahead. MLA Ali Mohammad Dar, District President Srinagar Peer Afaq Ahmad and Neelofar Masood were among those present.
Chowdry asserted that history stands witness to a recurring pattern wherein forces opposed to the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir have repeatedly attempted to manufacture political distractions whenever J&K National Conference emerges at the forefront of a decisive political movement.
“Whenever the National Conference prepares for a larger constitutional battle or assumes a more assertive role in championing the rights of Jammu and Kashmir, surrogate political formations suddenly become hyperactive. The 1999 Autonomy Resolution was countered by the emergence of the PDP, whose primary objective was to fragment public opinion and dilute a united political voice. Recently, when the National Conference Legislature Party has resolved to take the peaceful and constitutional struggle for restoration of statehood and democratic guarantees to the national capital, the PDP has once again embarked upon a campaign of diversion and obfuscation,” he said.
He said that the PDP’s politics has consistently revolved around creating confusion, fostering political ambiguity and providing indirect relief to forces seeking to weaken Jammu and Kashmir’s distinct constitutional and political identity.
“This is a familiar script. It is the politics of disruption masquerading as dissent. Every time the National Conference raises its voice for the dignity, rights and aspirations of the people, certain local collaborators and political proxies spring into action to muddy the waters and fracture public unity. Their objective is not empowerment of the people but preservation of a political ecosystem that thrives on confusion and contradiction,” he said. (KNS)