Why election manifestos are losing their value and importance in India? By Deepak Parvatiyar March 11, 2015 Much ruckus is being made on the coming together of the two diametrically opposite parties, the Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party , to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir. Inarguably they are two uncomfortable allies who in any given circumstances are considered ideologically misfit to join hands lest rule together. The initial jerks in the coalition have already surfaced after the J&K PDP’s mentor and new state chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed arbitrarily decided to release hard-line Kashmiri separatist Masarat Alam from detention, recently. This has put the BJP in the dock and it now cries foul over not being consulted on the issue. The Opposition has even forced adjournments in both the houses of Parliament over the issue demanding an explanation from the BJP-led Union Government. The BJP is piqued al
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