The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir in India may not have taken action against its ‘rebel’ leaders after they raised a banner of revolt against the party leadership, but its official Twitter handle has un-followed many rebel leaders.
The move is being seen as a sign of no reconciliation between the ‘rebels’ and the party leadership, a PDP leader said. PDP’s official twitTwitterdle, @jkpdp, has over 23000 followers and follows 17 accounts.
Some of the Twitter accounts the PDP follows include party leaders, legislators, journalists and even actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha.
However, the list does not include any of the PDP’s seven rebel legislators — five MLAs and two MLCs — led by the influential Shia leader Imran Ansari a former minister and MLA Pattan.
Soon after the BJP ended its coalition with the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir, Ansari led a revolt against Mehbooba Mufti’s leadership accusing her of nepotism.
He was joined by his uncle and MLA, Zadibal, Abid Ansari, Baramulla MLA Javaid Baig, Tangmarg MLA Abbas Wani, Noorabad MLA Abdul Majid Padder, MLC Yasir Reshi and MLC Saifuddin Bhat.
The party’s Twitter handle follows MLAs Raja Manzoor Khan (MLA Karnah), Haseeb Drabu (MLA Rajpora), Aijaz Ahmad Mir (MLA Wachi), Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali (MLA Darhal) and Abdul Haq Khan (MLA Lolab), and also Naeem Akhtar (MLC) and Firdous Tak (MLC) apart from party president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti.
“The Twitter handle used to follow few of the rebel party leaders – like Ansari and Reshi – who were active on the social media and the handle would often retweet their tweets. However, after the revolt in the party, the handle not only stopped retweeting Ansari’s tweets but also unfollowed him,” a party leader said.
Article Reference: PTI
