SRINAGAR, Dec. 28 -- Not long ago Srinagar was the bastion of National Conference (NC) and the party would sweep the assembly polls as and when the elections were held. However, the 2014 assembly elections changed the dynamics of politics in Srinagar with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) taking centre stage.
In the 2014 assembly polls PDP won five seats out of eight seats from Srinagar with NC bagging three. Six years down the line the situation has not changed and NC continues to struggle to hold on to its traditional bastion. Same got proved during the recent District Development Council (DDC) and local body elections.
The only difference this time around was that independents won 50 percent of the DDC seats and in local body elections 50...