Results of polls to DDC chairpersons’ posts not a shock: Omar Abdullah

National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Sunday stated the outcomes of the elections to the posts of chairpersons of District Development Councils (DDC) in Jammu and Kashmir weren’t a shock.
“Shopian DDC election, even Srinagar for that matter, aren’t really a surprise. These people have been buying & selling elected representatives since 1984. Practice makes perfect!” Omar wrote on Twitter.
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP), led by former finance minister of the erstwhile state Altaf Bukhari, gained two of the three chairperson posts for which the polls had been held within the first section.

The NC alleged the JKAP “engineered defections” put up the council elections in December final 12 months to go the DDC councils in Srinagar and Shopian.
“King’s party which won only 2 DDC seats in Shopian distt, engineered defections post elections and are now heading the DDC Council there. Similarly in Srinagar, the party won just 3 seats and managed to take control of the district. Isko bolte hai democracy is aisi ki taisi (sic),” NC spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar wrote on Twitter.

While the JKAP could be heading the DDCs in Srinagar and Shopian, the CPI(M), a part of the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) which is an amalgam of six mainstream political events, obtained Kulgam in its kitty.