Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 21: Refuting that his name was at any point suggested as an interim president of the party, vice president Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abdul Rahman Veeri today said that seeking self promotion through illicit, undemocratic and unethical measures was Altaf Bukahri’s sole agenda in PDP.
Reiterating his faith in the leadership of Mehbooba Mufti as the PDP president, Veeri said that across the State, party functionaries, workers and activists en-masse support in her every endeavour to get the State out of the present cycle of violence. Every person associated with the PDP, said Veeri, has witnessed how amid the tumultuous times Mehbooba Mufti built the party brick by brick and made it a guiding force in Jammu and Kashmir’s political landscape. He added that in spite of taking over in very trying circumstances, PDP president ran the Government with integrity and calibre. However, according to Veeri, she was back-stabbed by some people especially Altaf Bukhari.
Veeri said that by giving out his desire to become PDP president , Bukhari has exposed his real agenda which he initiated within days of Mufti Saheb’s death. “For that he even made Nagpur Yatra in a bid to seek their blessings for forming the Government at the cost of party and state interest. Ever since the death of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, he tried to grab the party and sell it out for promotion of his personal ambitions,” Veeri said.
The PDP vice president further said that every person is now aware that when party president Mehbooba Mufti was standing firm before the Government of India, Bukhari even went up to Nagpur to offer his services as an alternative. “Such action of his sabotaged the agenda of alliance and the negotiations Mehbooba Mufti was having with the Government of India ,demanding implementation of specific points in the agenda of alliance as a precondition for taking over as the Chief Minister of the State,” Veeri said.
The PDP veteran added that even when the Government headed by Mehbooba Mufti was formed in April 2016, a clear signal was given to Bukhari as he was dropped from the cabinet. It was later, according to Veeri, on assurances of good conduct from Bukhari that his position was restored.
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