PDP only party fighting against BJP: Waheed Parra

Shopian, Apr 12: PDP Youth President and Lok Sabha candidate for Srinagar parliamentary seat Waheed ur Rehman Parra on Friday said that PDP is the only party fighting against the BJP) in Kashmir.

"In this election if any leader or any political leader or party is fighting against the BJP that is Mehbooba ji and the PDP," Parra told reporters on the side-lines of a party workers meeting in south Kashmir's Shopian district.

He said  the PDP is bearing the brunt for standing against the BJP and it is the only political party that has been under the attack.  "Our workers are consistently being  harassed", he said.

Criticising National Conference ( NC), Parra said that the party  broke the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration( PAGD) to put up a fight against the PDP by unilaterally announcing its candidate. "This time around it was not the question of PDP and NC. It was the question of unity", Parra said.

He said that Mehbooba tried to forge a unity among the political leaders but the National Conference right from the begining distanced it self from such moves. " We gave them ( NC)  more seats during DDC elections and compromised on each issue", he said.

Parra said that the NC shifted the goal posts by fielding their candidates against PDP only to help BJP. Referring to the newly formed political parties, he said that these political parties formed after the August 5, 2019 were facilitated by the government by providing them security and secured accommodations.

"They are enjoying ministers' protocol  and on the other hand, the security of PDP leaders have been drawn. Even former Chief Minister was evicted of government accommodation”, Parra said.

Earlier, while addressing a workers meeting, Parra urged the voters to come out in large number  to cast their ballots  in the upcoming elections. He  said that people can  change the present situation only by participating in democratic  process.