PDP, like AAP, brought in new moral factor in politics: Mufti

He said though PDP had partnered with Congress in the state and BJP-led NDA ruled the Centre, it was the state's “conviction and sincerity” that got it all the assistance from the Centre.

On the campaign against corruption, Mufti said while Jan Lok Pal is still being debated at the national level, PDP-Cong government had constituted the State Accountability Commission (SAC), similar to Jan Lok Pal way back in 2003.

Similarly, the RTI Act was passed by the Jammu and Kashmir legislature in 2004 whereas it got the nod at the national level only in 2005, he said, adding that the direct cash transfer scheme was introduced in 2003 itself.  “We had started the scheme to send money orders to the beneficiaries of various schemes,” he recalled.  

Sayeed came down heavily on the NC government for dilution of “institutions like SAC and RTI”.  “The present dispensation has eroded sanctity of such institutions to safeguard their vested interests,” he said.  The PDP leader observed that the people “did not need sermons” of the performance of different parties and pointed at how AAP had become a serious force in the capital.  

He wondered at the new feature of the Delhi elections which saw the second largest party in the Assembly setting conditions.

Sayeed said like PDP, which has emerged as an alternative of National Conference and Congress in J&K, AAP has emerged as alternative of BJP and Congress in Delhi.