Results of four seats of the Legislative Council (LC), especially two from Jammu province, are ominous signs for the BJP, which has been considered a force in the Jammu region.
The party has performed badly even in the areas which have been considered as citadel of the BJP and erstwhile Jan Sangh and Praja Parishad.
Similarly, the main opposition PDP, which has secured second position in all the four seats, has lost ground in its strongholds like south Kashmir in the Valley and twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri.
The party has, however, managed to make inroads into new areas in Jammu district.
Elections for the four seats of the Legislative Council were held on December 3 and results were declared yesterday. For two seats from the Kashmir valley, the National Conference and Congress candidates who emerged victorious have secured 53.44 per cent and 53.59 per cent votes, respectively. Similarly, the Congress and the NC candidates secured 61.33 per cent and 61.23 per cent votes, respectively, from two seats of the Jammu province.
PDP candidates Peer Mohammad Hussain and Yasir Reshi got 36.50 per cent and 37.59 per cent votes, respectively, from two seats of the Kashmir valley whereas party candidates namely Ved Parkash and Gurmeet Singh Bajwa secured 14.53 per cent and 14.04 per cent votes, respectively, from two seats of the Jammu province.
Performance of the BJP is worse in the elections because party candidates Rashpal Verma and Uttam Singh got only 10.94 per cent and 8.06 per cent votes, respectively.
Although BJP leaders have been accusing the government of misusing official machinery in the LC elections, it is alleged that the party has deliberately fielded weak candidates to help coalition nominees by entering into “undeclared” alliance with the government.
A senior BJP leader on the condition of anonymity said the BJP’s causal approach towards contesting these elections can be gauged from the fact that one of the party candidates, Rashpal Verma, had lost election of sarpanch but he was fielded as for the LC election from the quota of panchayats.
The BJP failed to even retain its position in its strongholds like Nagorta and Marh assembly segment where coalition candidates have secured more than double votes as compared to the BJP candidates. Out of a total 66 blocks, BJP candidate Rashpal Verma managed to get lead against his NC rival in Ghagwal block, which is his hometown.
As far as the PDP is concerned, the party has lost ground in its strongholds but created space in new areas. Besides the RS Pura, the party candidates have secured good number of votes in the Bishnah segment.
The results were a morale booster for the coalition partners because both the parties have further consolidated positions in the strongholds besides making inroads into the areas considered as citadels of the opposition.
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