Srinagar, Mar 22 (KNS): Janta Dal United JD(U) state President G M Shaheen on Friday announced its Lok Sabha Candidate for Central Kashmir Shoukat Hussain Khan of Ganderbal in an impressive function organised at party headquarters Rajbagh Srinagar in presence of senior party leaders.

Shaheen while addressing the media said that the alliance between the two parties is not only opportunistic but a mere eyewash as well.

"With NC insisting to contest all the three seats in Kashmir, the party’s couldn’t care attitude towards people is obvious.

"Congress's surrender implies acceptance of Greater Autonomy pushing the state back to pre-1953 and division of Jammu region on religious lines promoting Greater Kashmir. Congress- NC combine will put an end to anti terror operations and revive the over ground terror support network.

People of J&K will do a great disservice to their future generations if they vote for the communal and divisive agenda of the NC- Congress Alliance," he added.

"It would not be surprising if the PDP also joins hand to further marginalise the voice of people and their fundamental rights since independence," he rued.

Reminding the people of J&K about Rajiv-Farooq accord, Shaheen said that both NC-Congress had cheated the people of J&K for their vested interest to remain in power and ruined the sentiments of the people who had impressed upon religious party.

"The Muslim United Front (MUF) was a 'polyglot coalition' of Islamic Kashmiri political parties that contested the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, 1987 in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Jamaat-e-Islami of Jammu and Kashmir was a key constituent party of the coalition. The MUF won four Assembly seats in the 1987 election," he added. (KNS)