Yash Pal party candidate for Jammu-Poonch LS seat

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 8/29/2013 2:12:48 AM

JAMMU, Aug 28: Taking a lead over its political opponents in chalking out its strategy for ensuing parliamentary polls, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today announced veteran leader and Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) Yash Pal Sharma as its party candidate for Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha seat.
Decision in this regard was taken in a meeting which was held under the leadership of PDP patron Mufti Mohammed Sayeed in which all senior leaders of the party were present.
During the deliberations consensus emerged on the choice of Yash Pal Sharma, a refugee leader of Poonch, who is known for his secular credentials and commitment.
The party handout announcing candidature of Yash Pal Sharma stated that the veteran leader was popular among all sections of the society due to his secular credentials.
“It was all due to his mass following and credibility that PDP had nominated Yash Pal Sharma as Member of the Legislative Council recently. Yash Pal Sharma, a native of Poonch district, is a known figure in entire Jammu province. He has been active in the politics for the last 50 years and has played a very important role in various agitations launched, from time to time, in Poonch and Rajouri districts,” the handout added.
Yash Pal Sharma has been in the fore-front of various agitations launched for “all time settlement” of issues of refugees from other side of Line of Control (LoC).
“Known as “Sher-e-Poonch”, Yash Pal Sharma has long association with Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. He has played very important role in spreading message of PDP in Poonch and Rajouri districts,” the handout said.
PDP leaders, who were present in the meeting, appreciated party leadership for selecting Yash Pal Sharma as party candidate for Poonch-Rajouri. They said that it was right choice and hoped that Sharma would emerge victorious due to his track record as an honest and dedicated leader and also given the prevailing atmosphere in favour of PDP in the state. They said that there was strong wave in favour of PDP and nomination of strong candidate like Yash Pal Sharma would help the party to win this Lok Sabha seat.
With the announcement of Yash Pal’s candidature, the PDP has become the first party among leading mainstream parties to go into poll mode by revealing the name of its candidate for this prestigious parliamentary constituency.
So far the major stakeholders for this parliamentary constituency viz., National Conference, Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) have not revealed their candidates though they are already engaged in holding public rallies across the region.

 

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