This was the first meeting of the PAC after the defeat of Mehbooba on Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat and also the INDIA bloc disowning her party by refusing to assign her party even a single seat in the elections.
Engineer Rashid's lead of votes against Omar Abdullah has crossed one lakh as counting of votes was underway.
Mehbooba is facing a tough challenge from the National Conference (NC) candidate and religious leader of Gujjar community Mian Altaf and also Apni Party's Zafar Iqbal Manhas, who is being backed by the BJP that had earlier formed a coalition government with Mehbooba.
Mir was addressing an election rally in favour of the party candidate for the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat, Zafar Iqbal Manhas at Mendhar along the Line of Control (LOC) in the Poonch district of the Jammu division.
The Kashmir valley is, these days echoing with a high pitch campaign for the three Lok Sabha seats across the valley but the interesting key poll plank of the regional parties is of calling each other a “stooge of BJP”.
Several political parties especially the Jammu based National Panthers Party (NPP), questioned Singh's continuation on the post despite the assembly being dissolved.
Earlier Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the all party meet on Sunday ahead of the crucial winter session of Parliament beginning from Monday.
Since the abrogation of Article 370, at least 50 politicians from Kashmir have been detained at Centaur Hotel situated along the banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar.
For the present, therefore, Kashmir can be said to be in an indeterminate state where it is neither fully free nor under a draconian lockdown. Nor is there any indication how long the present stalemate will continue since the government simply cannot allow in the foreseeable period the NC and the PDP leaders to come out of jail and organize rallies. The government will also be on tenterhooks when the Supreme Court takes up the issue next month.
Her request for the meeting was in view of the anxiety prevailing in the valley due to the centre rushing 10,000 additional paramilitary personnel there.
