BJP supported independent candidates: Shahnawaz Hussain

SRINAGAR — Union Minister & BJP’s spokesman, Shahnawaz Hussain on Monday said that late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s dream of Kashmiriyat, Insaniyat and Jamhoriyat has come true as “DDC polls have shown that democracy is the backbone of Kashmiriyat and Insaniyat.”

He added that three parties contested DDC Polls in J&K — PAGD, which according to him is “Gupkar Gang”, Congress and the BJP.

“We contested on 80 seats and on the remaining 200, we supported independent candidates,” said Hussain, who travelled extensively to almost all the DDC constituencies in J&K in the past few weeks as part of campaigning.

He said in the DDC poll results, voting share of BJP will be up given the feedback he has received from the ground zero. “Gone are the days when our voting share in polls used to be 1.9 or 1.2. You will see the difference, let DDC results come,” Hussain asserted.

On when 4G Internet services will be resorted in J&K, the BJP national spokesman said: “Hopefully, very soon 4G will be restored in J&K.”

About ED’s move to attack Rs 11.5 crore worth property of National Conference chief Dr Farooq Abdullah and that NC’s assertions that “it was a political vendetta”, the BJP leader said: “Agencies are doing their job independently and it’s not good to link them with politics. Corruption has nothing to do with politics and any vendetta. Those facing corruption charges can go to the court and clear their stand there.”