Assembly Election-2014: PDP Single Largest Party, BJP Close Second
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For Daily English Newspaper RNI No. JKENG/2013/48845 TITLE CODE: JKENG-00999 Advertisement in Golden Yug –– Contact –– 0191-2464590 For Booking of Copies of Golden Yug Golden Yug –– Contact –– e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Website: www.goldenyug.com 94191-88950 Vol. 2 ISSUE NO. 309 Jammu, Wednesday 24, December 2014 PAGES 8 PRICE RS. 2/- Postal Regd. No. L-29/JK-509/13-15 Hung Assembly in J&K: Hectic activity People of J&K Assembly Election-2014: PDP single should believe in begins now for possible coalitions BJP: Jugal Kishore GY NewS SeRViCe largest party, BJP close second PDP single largest party, BJP No 2 Jammu, DeC. 23: port Hung assembly in J&K: Possible coalition scenarios Jugal Kishore, the state BJP Total Seat no.: 12+28= 40 GY NewS SeRViCe Udhampur, Ramnagar and Samba in 2008, president, on Tuesday asked A very stretched but a logi - Jammu, DeC 23: As expected, the has not held on to any of its seats. There has the people of Jammu and cal alliance arises between 2014 elections have thrown up a hung assem - been total sweep of it and it will have no rep - Kashmir to believe in the Congress and PDP, if they suc - bly in J&K. PDP has emerged as the single resentation in the new assembly. Bharatiya Janata Party. ceed to sway some independent largest party while BJP fell short of its PDP would have to look at an alliance “The people of the state candidates their way. Congress Mission 44+ and has to be satisfied with No 2 with BJP. However, if it decides to explore its should believe in the BJP. has a saving grace of coming position. NC and Congress performed miser - options with Congress, it will need the support While BJP's vote percent - into double digits; if they want ably. of at least five other MLAs to reach the magic age has increased in to stay in the politics of Jammu PDP will be unable to form government figure of 44 in the 87-member Assembly. Kashmir, in Jammu also the and Kashmir, they have to play on its own. The hung verdict is primarily due If PDP forms the government in alliance party is on course to register a weaker role and support PDP to the BJP’s rise in Jammu region, riding on with BJP and Sajad Lone's People's a historic win,” Kishore with not much to bargain. This the Modi wave. The party more than doubled Conference, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed may said while speaking to Zee is the only way congress can its 2008 tally of 11 seats in Jammu. get a full term for himself with a BJP legisla - Media. As per trends/results have any benefit out of their Except for two, all Congress ministers in tor from Jammu as his deputy or he and a BJP numbers. the outgoing Omar Abdullah government, legislator from Jammu region may get into a available till 12:50 pm, the Desperate alliance: BJP including Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, power sharing arrangement and become rota - BJP has won two seats and NC + Independent support have lost in Jammu region. While Tara Chand tional chief ministers for three years each out while it is leading in 23 of Total Seat no.: 25+16=41 lost to BJP’s new face, Dr Krishan Lal in of the six year term. This arrangement would the total 87. It is a gain of 14 So, neither the Mission Chhamb, Congress ministers Raman Bhalla, be best for the overall development of the seats for the saffron party in 44+ succeed, neither a clean Sham Lal Sharma, Abdul Majid Wani and Dr state. But PDP and BJP are ideologically poles the Muslim-majority state. sweep of any party. The results Manohar Lal Sharma lost in their traditional apart. If any Kashmir-centric party forms an GY NewS SeRViCe PaRtY woN total bastions of Gandhi Nagar, Akhnoor, Doda and alliance with BJP, which won most of seats in Congress says it Jammu, DeC. 23: The Bharatiya Janata Party 25 25 Billawar respectively. Congress ministers Ajaj Jammu region, Jammu would also get repre - final results chisel a sculpture of Ahmed Khan and Viqar Rasool, however, sentatio n in the state administration. So, is ready to align a hung state assembly in Communist Party of India (Marxist) 11 managed to retain their Gool-Arnas and before finalising any form of coalition gov - Jammu and Kashmir. Where Indian National Congress 12 12 Banihal seats respectively. ernment, this thing should also be kept into with PDP we saw a heart scare of Omar The NC ministers too did not perform consideration. If the government is formed New Delhi, DeC. almost losing it from Beerwah, J&K National Conference 15 15 well. Party stalwart Abdul Rahim Rather's with Congress support and BJP is kept out - 23: With Assembly shortly after he lost in Sonawar; J&K Peoples Democratic Party 28 28 defeat ended his record 36-year stint. Ajay side, this system would also not be good for Elections in Jammu and we also saw many Heavy J&K People Conference 22 Sadotra, who had lost the 2008 state polls the state because it would mean that public Kashmir throwing up a weights lose their way. Now from Marh to BJP’s Sukhnandan Choudhary, mandate to BJP has been ignored. Congress hung verdict, Congress the picture gets clearer with the J&K People Democratic Front (Secular) 11 lost this election also to Choudhary. He was has been part of coalitions, first in 2002 with Tuesday said it was "open" following seats in the contest - Independent 33 made MLC by the party and then a minister PDP and then in 2008 with NC. During both to aligning with PDP in the ing parties’ kitties. with the hope that he would consolidate his the tenures, its ministers in the coalition gov - state to provide a govern - total 87 87 ernment were faced with severe allegations of Let’s consider few of the position and emerge victorious this time but ment. "We are always possible coalition scenarios that these two major parties by far, Mohammad Sayeed with he failed. Another NC minister Sajjad Kichloo corruption against them. In the 2008 polls, it open. We have allied with may arise out of it: these do have highest vote Vajpayee may pave a rough concurred to exit polls and lost to BJP’s Sunil Sharma from Kishtwar. proved to be bad for PDP and now in the The only possible but a shares and their recent com - way of these two parties form - political predictions and the Outgoing chief minister Omar Abdullah 2014 polls, it has proved to be bad for NC. PDP as well as with rather unlikely companions: ments do open up a glimmering ing an unstable but non-objec - government sees a hung assem - won from Beerwah but lost in Sonawar. Meanwhile, Mehbooba Mufti has said National Conference in PDP and BJP possibilities of them allying tionable government in the bly. What coming days bring While PDP, Congress and NC have been that the mandate was below the party’s past. One thing is clear that Total Seat no.: 25+28= 53 with some major compromises. assembly. would be a scene to watch and able to win seats in all the three regions, BJP expectations. She reacted by saying, we will not go with BJP. Although there is no simi - The schematic planning of Logical allies: PDP and what government comes into has not been able to get any seat in Valley and “Mandate is not decisive and is below our As far as they (PDP and larity in ideologies shared by Amit Shah and history of Mufti Congress + Independent sup - an existence would be an enig - Ladakh. Panthers Party, which had won expectations.” NC) are concerned, we have had alliances with them," Congress leader Want to serve people of Jammu Ghulam Nabi Azad said. Omar Abdullah doesn't rule out alliance with PDP Azad, who campaigned and Kashmir: Sajjad Gani Lone GY NewS SeRViCe Rajya Sabha even if it means surrender - call from Shah. extensively for the party in GY NewS SeRViCe the five-phase assembly elec - SRiNaGaR, DeC. 23: National ing to the PDP.” Omar also admitted that before the the elections, had earlier SRiNaGaR/ Jammu, tions. Candidates of the PDP Conference leader and outgoing Jammu Congress is desperate to stay in campaigning his party was expected to led a coalition government be in single digits. When asked if the DeC. 23: People's Conference led by Mufti Mohammed and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar power, he added. with PDP which had fallen leader Sajjad Gani Lone on Saeed surged ahead in 30 of the Abdullah on Tuesday said that his party's “Currently, we are not looking at any “Narendra Modi factor” worked in polls, apart on the Amarnath Tuesday expressed his desire to 73 seats where early trends performance in the assembly polls has alliance proposal. We will be happy to sit he said, “I expected the BJP to win some serve the people of Jammu and were available, officials said. not been as bad as it was predicted. in the Opposition,” he added. He, howev - seats in the Chenab region.” issue. Azad's remarks came Kashmir if his party wins con - The state assembly has 87 Speaking to reporters in Beerwah, er, did introduce a new element in the Remarks from the outgoing Chief as trends clearly indicated siderable number of seats as the seats.