For the primary time in three a long time, Kashmiri Pandit Daisy Raina is gearing as much as contest the J&Ok Meeting Polls in a area witnessing younger aspirants difficult the supremacy of the Nationwide Convention and Congress Occasion. Raina, a former worker of a non-public firm in Delhi, has additionally taken on the duties of the sarpanch of Frisal village in Pulwama district. She could be the one lady contesting the election from the Republican Occasion of India (Athawale), which is a political alliance companion of the BJP-led NDA. Her endeavor can be within the Meeting seat of Rajpora in Pulwama throughout the J&Ok Meeting Polls.
It was the native youth’s insistence that obtained Raina to hitch politics in a bid to signify their points. She is amongst 9 ladies who’ve vied for electoral contests in J&Ok that has been thought of a giant leap with regards to gender quota within the area’s politics.
Whereas talking to NDTV, Ms Raina stated “The youth pressured me to contest and requested me to make sure that their voice reaches the J&Ok Meeting. I used to be working right here as a sarpanch and, on the facet, I might meet younger folks, hear them out and attempt to perceive their issues. Our youth have been struggling regardless of not being responsible of something. Younger folks born in Jammu and Kashmir within the Nineteen Nineties have seen solely bullets.”
Pulwama’s Popularity and Growth in Focus as J&Ok Meeting Polls Strategy
Throughout a latest go to to the Union Territory, Ramdas Athawale advocated for the restoration of statehood in Jammu and Kashmir. Nevertheless, when Daisy Raina was requested if her candidacy for the Meeting elections was determined throughout this go to, she firmly denied any connection between the 2 occasions. She said “I had not even considered contesting the elections. Younger folks requested me to grow to be the chief minister for in the future, saying that I might repair Pulwama.”
Pulwama, identified for its challenges, has additionally been a hotspot for militant actions and was the location of the tragic 2019 assault that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF personnel. When requested if she believed Pulwama had developed an unfavorable repute due to this, Daisy Raina, the Republican Occasion of India (Athawale) chief, addressed the problem straight and stated “I don’t assume so. Work is occurring nicely. All my work is getting carried out… If there’s a downside, we have now created it.”
Daisy Raina highlighted that, regardless of the restricted presence of her Kashmiri Pandit group within the area, she has confronted no difficulties in Pulwama. She stated”After I got here right here to work, I used to maneuver round in Pulwama with none safety. I didn’t have any private safety officers (PSOs). Some folks saved PSOs however I didn’t. I labored right here for years and even established a Shivling in Pulwama. Muslims requested me to take action as a result of I had obtained a wazukhana (ablution pond) constructed and did many different issues for them. They stated Hindus would get indignant if I didn’t do something for that group as nicely.”
Daisy Raina, who beforehand labored in New Delhi, was elected unopposed as a sarpanch in 2020. Jammu and Kashmir is ready to carry its first election in almost a decade, and its first as a Union Territory for the reason that revocation of Article 370 in 2019. The polls, overlaying 90 Meeting seats, will happen in three phases between September 18 and October 1, with the vote counting scheduled for October 8.
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