21/11/2018
SRINAGAR, Nov 20: Signalling revolt in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its founding member and Lok Sabha MP from Baramulla, Muzaffar Hussain Beig, Tuesday announced that he would "seriously consider" joining a third front led by People's Conference leader Sajad Lone.
Blaming the PDP for failing to deliver to the people, he hit out at his party for boycotting the civic body and panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir, saying "the PDP betrayed the workers, denying them a chance to connect with the people, by boycotting the elections. They left a vacuum and that space has now been occupied. Politics does not wait for people who boycott".
Talking to reporters here at his residence, he said he was not consulted when the party took the decision to boycott the local body polls. "I was in Delhi, just a phone call away. I remained quiet because I did not want the PDP to fall asunder," he said.
Reacting to speculations that the PDP and arch rival National Conference might join hands to ...