SRINAGAR: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has withdrawn its support for senior leader Taj Mohi-ud-Din in the Uri constituency after the Apni Party extended its backing to him.
The PDP has announced that it will now field its own candidate for the upcoming elections in Uri.
PDP’s Mohammad Rafique Rather said that they are ideologically apart from the Apni Party.
“It became natural for us to withdraw support after the Apni Party announced its backing for him,” Rather said.
“In view of the Apni Party extending support to Taj Mohi-ud-Din in the Uri constituency, PDP has decided to withdraw its support and field its own candidate,” PDP wrote in a post on X.
Reacting to the PDP’s decision, Taj Mohi-ud-Din commented, “It was their decision to support me, and it is their decision to withdraw. I had already informed PDP during the press conference that the Apni Party was supporting me.” (KNO)
