The Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgam of mainstream political parties of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday decided to participate in the upcoming District Development Council (DDC) elections.
PAGD is a conglomerate of regional and national political parties fighting for restoration of Article 370, which was scrapped by the Centre last August.
It comprises the National Conference, the PDP, CPI(M), CPI, People’s Conference, Awami National Conference and the People’s Movement.
Last month, the central government amended the Jammu and Kashmir’s Panchayati Raj Act, 1989, to establish DDCs in all districts in the Union Territory (UT) for which elections will be held for the very first time.
The NC chief and Lok Sabha member from Srinagar, Farooq Abdullah, is the president of the PAGD, a grouping of Kashmir’s political parties formed recently to fight for restoration of special status and statehood of Jammu and Kashmir.
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti is its vice president and Sajad Lone of People’s Conference is the spokesperson of the alliance.
Mufti arrived in Jammu on Thursday to convene a meeting of party workers.
