Big Jump In Independents In J&K Polls Pushing Mainstream Parties On Backfoot?
After National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah suggested that the BJP could form a government with Engineer Rashid's Awami Ittehad Party (AIP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti has called the AIP a proxy of the government and said its aim is to divide the Kashmiri vote. Are separatists and independents and smaller parties pushing the mainstream political parties to a corner?
