{"id":4507,"date":"2014-07-08T14:58:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T14:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kashmir-today.net\/?p=4507"},"modified":"2014-07-08T14:58:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T14:58:28","slug":"row-drabus-candidature-pdp-created-devil-deep-sea-situation-syed-bashir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=4507","title":{"rendered":"Row over Drabu\u2019s candidature: PDP created devil and deep sea situation for me: Syed Bashir"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Will always abide by my party directive\u2019 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Srinagar:\u00a0<\/strong>Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and MLA Rajpura Syed Bashir\u00a0on Tuesday<\/span>\u00a0said the nomination of Dr Haseeb Drabu as party\u2019s candidate from his constituency for upcoming assembly elections has created a devil and the deep sea situation for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what to do. On the one side I cannot overrule party decision as I hold Mufti Saheb and Mehbooba Ji in high esteem and on the other I don\u2019t feel myself in a position to control my committed workers who have shown serious reservations over party’s decision,\u201d Bashir told KNS.<\/p>\n

In a candid confession, Bashir said that he was not taken on board by his party leadership while evolving consensus on Dr Drabu\u2019s candidature. \u201cI respect and hold Dr Drabu in high esteem as he is an experienced person and a visionary as well but on the other I am not able to face my voters in the constituency who till the last moment were preparing and strategizing poll preparations for my smooth win,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The PDP senior leader and former minister of state for PHE said that nomination of Dr Drabu\u2019s as the party candidate from Rajpora was an ‘abrupt decision’ which has created ‘havoc’ in his constituency. \u201cThere is no doubt that I respect Mufti Saheb and Mehbooba Ji and am ready to sacrifice anything \u00a0for them and the party but at the same time I owe my people a lot. How can I ignore their feelings and aspirations?\u201d Bashir stressed.<\/p>\n

Bashir said that Mehbooba conveyed him the decision of nominating Dr Drabu from Rajpora and he told her that the party is free to take any decision and he will abide by all party directives. \u201cI will abide by the party decision but also how can I ignore my people who have sacrificed everything for me in last 30 years of my political career.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked whether he was contacted by any other political party especially PDP\u2019s arch rival National Conference, Bashir said that no political party has approached him sofar. \u201cThe NC cannot afford to contact me and they know it. But somebody has posted me a text saying that with Drabu\u2019s nomination Rajpora seat is now in NC\u2019s kitty. I replied to him that till I am alive nothing will happen to PDP in my constituency. And God wiling I will make them (NC) to eat dust,\u201d Bashir said.<\/p>\n

He revealed that Drabu\u2019s candidature has been decided in last minute changes to the list which had earlier included his name as the party candidate from Rajpora constituency. \u00a0Asked was he contacted by his party or will he approach them in near future, Bashir said that he will not approach party leadership unless they call him. \u201cHow can I approach them when I have not been called by them?\u201d Bashir said while expressing his concern over the fate of his workers. \u201cI am in a complete dilemma so are my workers who are restless since the party announced its list nominating Dr Drabu as the party candidate from Rajpora.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Will always abide by my party directive\u2019 \u00a0 Srinagar:\u00a0Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and MLA Rajpura Syed Bashir\u00a0on Tuesday\u00a0said the nomination of Dr Haseeb Drabu as party\u2019s candidate from his constituency for upcoming assembly elections has created a devil and the deep sea situation for him. \u201cI don\u2019t know what to do. On the one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}