Since media reports about BJP’s claim for Chief Minister on rotational basis are coming amid reports about governor recommending governor’s rule in the state, the possibility of ruling PDP-BJP coalition heading for a breaking point can’t be ruled out. In fact BJP has not shown any respect for the “agenda of alliance” reached between the two parties for government formation and the central government commanded and controlled by BJP is not showing any concern for the difficulties PDP is facing in the aftermath of the last year’s unrest and the current phase of student protests in educational institutions. Ironically the Mehbooba government is not even getting the fund flow it requires for the completion of the incomplete development projects and the launch of some new projects in road, power and housing sectors in the state. Even this day when the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley concluded his two day visit to Srinagar in connection with his participation in 14th GST council meeting the Chief Minister sought the intervention of Jaitley for free flow of funds to help state complete the incomplete projects and launch some new project in some key sectors. Knowing that the trading community in Kashmir has sought huge losses during last year’s unrest in Kashmir valley the Finance Minister should have announced some sops for the valley traders. The BJP government at the centre is neither showing concern about the continuing unrest and political instability in Kashmir nor offers the state the finances required for the execution of both pending and new development projects in the state but is trying to create new controversies just to hurt and humiliate the people of Kashmir who are yet to recover from the wounds of last year’s unrest. The BJP instead of trying to show respect to the agenda of alliance has created controversies over article 370, state flag and property rights act governed by article 35-A during last two and a half years’ coalition rule in the state. So bye and large BJP is more responsible for the current crisis in Kashmir than its ally BJP.
The BJP’s claim for the position of Chief Minister on rotational basis which has come from Jitendra Singh MoS in Prime Minister’s office is breach of agreement reached between Prime Minister Modi and late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed for government formation in Jammu & Kashmir and shows Prime Minister’s policy of hot pursuit. So when hot pursuit is the approach of the Prime Minister, the alliance of PDP with BJP can’t last long.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during last two and half year’s PDP-BJP coalition rule twice visited the state but during his visits he publicly hurted and humiliated two elected chief ministers——–late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti. In November 2015 Narendra Modi during a public rally in Srinagar refused to take any demand from the then Chief Minister Mufti Mohamad Sayeed by asking him not to give advices on engagement with Pakistan and last month Narendra Modi on his visit to Jammu asked the Kashmiri youth to choose tourism over “terrorism”. The BJP’s claim for the position of Chief Minister on rotational basis which has come from Jitendra Singh MoS in Prime Minister’s office is breach of agreement reached between Prime Minister Modi and late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed for government formation in Jammu & Kashmir and shows Prime Minister’s policy of hot pursuit. So when hot pursuit is the approach of the Prime Minister, the alliance of PDP with BJP can’t last long.
