India, Nov. 7 -- Chairman of the JK Peace Forum and socio-political activist Satish Mahaldar has appealed to six major political formations in Jammu and Kashmir, along with former Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, to build a collective consensus in support of a credible Kashmiri Pandit candidate for the forthcoming Srinagar Parliamentary by-election.
In his appeal, Mahaldar urged the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Congress, Peoples Conference, Apni Party and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to rise above partisan considerations and support the candidature of an educated, accomplished and politically competent Kashmiri Pandit.
He clarified that the proposal was not a demand for political patron...