SRINAGAR: PDP has been reduced to just three assembly seats but the picture to emerge in post-370 J&K is confusing, and may just give the party a lifeline to fight in future. PDP would have hoped for at least a double-digit tally to be a viable opposition. It's single digit finish is made worse by the fact that no member from the Mufti family would be in assembly - Mehbooba having skipped the contest and daughter Iltija losing from the home seat of Bijbehara.
But with a small group confronting the govt in assembly, and a party with a name recall and known faces outside, PDP can try to reconnect with the masses and try to make a comeback. It will have to hold on to its MLAs who've proved fickle in the past. The fact is that PDP, in its 24th year of existence, faces a real existential threat.
Putting up a brave front, Mehbooba said, "These ups and downs are part of a party's political journey. But PDP has a vision and an agenda, and that will help us go forward with hope." Haryana Jammu & Kashmir Haryana Alliance View i Party View Seats: 90 Results Majority: 46 BJP 48 CONG 37 INLD 2 AAP 0 OTH 3 Results : 90 / 90 BJP WON Jammu & Kashmir Alliance View i Party View Seats: 90 Results Majority: 46 JKNC 42 BJP 29 CONG 6 PDP 3 OTH 10 Results : 90 / 90 HUNG ASSEMBLY Source: PValue It leaves BJP with a decent contingent, but limited to Jammu, playing opposition.
While the ruling combine would be hoping for early restoration of statehood and some sort of special status, the overwhelming .