PDP Expels Eight Leaders Who Met Foreign Envoys' Delegation In J-K Today

Jammu and Kashmir’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday expelled eight of its party members for meeting the delegation of foreign envoys, who are currently on a visit to Kashmir. The leaders who have been expelled are Dilawar Mir, Rafi Ahmad Mir, Zaffar Iqbal, Abdul Majeed Padroo, Raja Manzoor Khan, Javaid Hussain Baig, Qamar Hussain and Abdul Rahim Rather — all former MLAs. In a statement released on Thursday evening, the PDP said that the party has decided to expel the eight leaders for “going against the will of the people”.

“In view of the development post-August 5 and the unilateral move of the government of India which has violated the will and hurt the sentiments of people, it has come to attention of the party that certain party leaders have been part of the parleys which go against the interests of the state, official position and core beliefs of the party,” the release read.

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