A lawmaker from Bharatiya Janata Party, Surinder Mohan Ambardar Thursday said his party never signed the Agenda of Alliance, a document that was publicised as the basis of its alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party in March 2015.
“We have never signed the Agenda of Alliance with PDP, andthere is no proof of it,” Ambardar, a Kashmir Pandit and member of LegislativeCouncil (MLC) said while addressing BJP rally here.
“PDP fooled the people of valley by making false claims ofAoA.”
Following hectic negotiations with the BJP following the2014 assembly elections, the PDP had announced that it had signed Agenda ofAlliance with the Hindu nationalist saffron party for a coalition government inJammu and Kashmir.
The AoA document, it was claimed called for called forcreating “an environment of peace, certainty and stability” and facilitating”sustained and meaningful dialogue” with “political groups irrespective oftheir ideological views”, including the Hurriyat Conference.
Ambardar also claimed that PDP wanted Jama’at-e-Islamibanned in Kashmir but BJP stalled the move during the coalition rule.
“Now it has been banned,” he said.
The BJP leader also claimed separatist leaders had losttheir relevance and accused them of aiming to radicalize Kashmiri youth.
“Separatists, who consider themselves representativesof Kashmir, are inimical to development, peace and prosperity. Their ideologyof radicalising young Kashmiris erodes our Kashmiri culture and points youthsin the wrong direction,” Ambardar said.
“The space occupied by separatists is shrinking andthey have now almost become irrelevant. I don’t think they are astakeholder.”
The BJP leader also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’sgovernment brought about a change of guard in the state.”There has been a paradigm shift inpeople’s perception. Earlier, the masses were disappointed but under thepresent government they are hopeful,” Ambardar said.