Srinagar, July 5 -- Leaders of banned Jamaat-e-Islami appear divided after Justice Development Front, a new political front of banned Jamaat--Justice and Development Front (JDF), decided to become part of a new political amalgam - People's Alliance for Change (PAC).

This new alliance was announced by People's Conference(PC) led by Sajad Lone, Jamaat-e-Islami affiliated JDF, which fought recent assembly elections, and People's Democratic Front (PDF) led by Hakeem Yaseen. They had called this an electoral alliance for the future.

However, after the formation of the new alliance, two former Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, who once served as head of Jamaat, came out publicly saying that the alliance has nothing to do with Jamaat cadres as the part...