Abstract

At the outset,the issues that were aggressively articulated by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) are the release of jailed militants, alleged atrocities by the security forces,demilitarization, release of political prisoners, repealed draconian laws like Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), etc. PDP which participated as a mainstream political party in the electoral politics has also took up the issues that have long been considered as separatist issues like human rights violations, demilitarization, repeal of draconian laws, opening up of link with Pakistan etc. This article will give an overview about the policies, strategies and programmes of PDP and its achievements during its first coalition government with Congress from 2002-2008.