Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday said that a widerconsensus needs to be built to defeat the “nefarious” designs aimed at dividingthe state into fragments and disempowering the people.
The PDP, which held a meeting of party’s Political AffairsCommittee under the chairmanship of party president and former chief ministerMehbooba Mufti, said that coordinated political initiative is needed to restorethe political authority of people of the state.
“A coordinated political initiative is needed to restore thepolitical authority of people of the state and protect the core interests ofJammu and Kashmir,” a party spokesman said, in a statement.
The party said that it is open to coordination and reach outto safeguard Jammu and Kashmir’s core interests and special position.
PDP also observed that the onslaught on the special statusof Jammu and Kashmir was multi-dimensional and every attempt was being made topolitically disempower the citizens of state.
“It was felt that while in some parts of state the votersare being unified for common cause there were parallel efforts being made inother parts of Jammu and Kashmir to create vertical political split in order tochock and curb regional aspirations,” the PDP spokesman said.
The party also discussed the measures to be taken tostrengthen the party at gross root level.