The elections to four Legislative Council seats on Monday will determine the strength of political parties of the state ahead of 2014 Assembly elections.
Over 33,000 elected panchayat members of the state are eligible to participate in the elections.
All political parties, including the ruling coalition and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have fieled their top leaders to garner the support of panchayat members.
For the two seats in Kashmir division, the coalition candidates are senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Monga and National Conference leader Ali Mohammad Dar.
The coalition campaign is spearheaded by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and J-K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Saifuddin Soz.
Omar during his campaigning in the Valley has been wearing a “pherun” and occupying the centre of the dais with his coalition partners from the Congress.
Both Omar and Soz are leaving no stone unturned to woo the voters. They have both been star campaigners for their respective parties and their joint campaign has managed to pull decent, if not overwhelming, crowds.
The crowds are also more keen to listen to the star campaigners.
Soz with all his political acumen makes the panchayat representatives feel that they are the basic building blocks of the political strata in Kashmir.
The JKPCC chief has been trying to make his position clear on the empowerment of panchayats. “I was misquoted by the media. I never said that the panches and sarpanchs do not need security,” he said during the poll campaign.
Soz also manages an occasional applause from panchayat members as he talks about the steps the coalition government is taking for their individual empowerment as well as that of the institution.
“I am in touch with the Centre for a monthly honorarium for you,” says Soz amid cheers from the crowd.
Chief Minister, Omar takes on the opposition PDP leadership for being “dream merchants”. Omar delivers his speeches in flawless Urdu.
Omar promises panches and sarpanches that his government will ensure that the governance at grass-roots level is handed over to them. “Let us join hands and show the opposition that we cannot be defeated. On December 3, I will expect you to vote for our candidates,” he says during campaigning.
The National Conference is also helped by senior leaders Ali Mohammad Sagar, Abdul Rahim Rather, Mian Altaf and Sakina Yatoo.
Congress minister Taj Mohiuddin, who has been recently in the centre of a controversy over forest land grabbing issue, has been vociferously canvassing for Monga and Dar.
For the PDP, party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, his daughter and party president Mehbooba Mufti and former deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Beigh have been campaigning for party candidates Yasir Rishi and Peerzada Hussain.
Mufti has not only been highlighting the achievements of the party when it ruled the state but has also been lashing out at the NC for its “misgovernance”.
Mehbooba accuses the NC of corruption while alleging that the coalition had made a mockery of the governance.
The firebrand Mehooba, who was credited with bringing the PDP into power in 2002, has been focusing more on the campaigning in the Jammu region. Another firebrand party speaker, Beigh too is at the forefront of the party campaign.
COMPAIGN TRAIL
Over 33,000 elected panchayat members of the state are eligible to participate in the December 3 elections
The coalition campaign is spearheaded by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and J-K Pradesh Congress Committee president Saifuddin Soz
For the PDP, patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, president Mehbooba Mufti and former deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Beigh are campaigning
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