Gupkar Alliance's Panel Counter Move To Include Non-Local In Voters' List

The PAGD, an amalgam of five political parties -- NC, PDP, CPI(M), CPI and the Awami National Conference (ANC) -- is campaigning for the restoration of the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.

A 14-member committee has been set up to chalk out the strategy as regards any attempt of "manipulation and inclusion" of non-locals in the revised electoral rolls of Jammu and Kashmir, the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) said on Saturday.

The panel has members from the five PAGD constituents and several other political parties such as the Congress, the Shiv Sena, the Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan Party (DSSP) and the Dogra Sadar Sabha (DSS).

Announcing the formation of the committee, nearly a month after arriving at a consensus on the issue at a meeting chaired by former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah here, PAGD spokesperson M Y Tarigami said National Conference (NC) MP Justice (retd) Hasnain Masoodi will be the panel's convenor.

The PAGD, an amalgam of five political parties -- NC, PDP, CPI(M), CPI and the Awami National Conference (ANC) -- is campaigning for the restoration of the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.