Srinagar, April 26: Opposition PDP in Jammu and
Kashmir on Sunday got a shot in the arm ahead of polls in three
Lok Sabha seats of Anantnag, Srinagar and Baramulla with a
close associate of slain separatist leader Abdul Ghani Lone
and eight prominent Sikh leaders joining the party along with
their supporters.
Mohammad Amin Wani, an advocate by profession and Kupwara
district president of Peoples Conference (PC) founded by Lone
along with his supporters joined PDP in the presence of party
Patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
A close associate of Lone, Wani`s joining the PDP is
expected to boost the party`s chances in Baramulla going to
polls on May 13.
Another Peoples Conference leader from the district
Hafizullah also joined the party along with Wani.
Meanwhile, eight prominent Sikh leaders from Srinagar and
Budgam districts along with their supporters also joined the
PDP.
The Sikh leaders who joined the party include former
president of Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee Srinagar, current
president of Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee Budgam and the
chief of United Kashmir Sikh Front.
Bureau Report
