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| Congress 'less divisive', says Omar | | A compliment or an invective | | Rustam
JAMMU, Apr 6: What does NC working president and Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah think about his alliance partner Congress? Does he consider the Congress party divisive". And what does he think about the Congress-led UPA and the BJP-led NDA? The answers are not far to seek. He himself answered these three questions the other day while answering questions on his first "google+ hangout", a video chat platform where none of the users was present from the state.
As for the Congress and the UPA, Omar Abdullah said that the Congress is "less divisive" and the UPA a progressive and secular formation. "The Congress is less divisive and has a unifying agenda," he said, and added that "the NC ideology fits with Congress far more than the BJP". He did not explain what he meant by "less divisive" and left it to the people's judgment. Was it a compliment? Or, what he said about the Congress was a negative comment. The very fact that he termed as "less divisive" the Congress did suggest that he is not in a complete accord with his alliance partner. One can understand the reasons behind his "less divisive" remark. For example, he wanted several political concessions from the Congress-led UPA Government, including acceptance of his demand seeking more autonomy and withdrawal of the army and AFSPA from certain areas of the state, but failed. The UPA Government did not concede any of his demands because the mood of the nation was against what Omar Abdullah demanded from time to time. Omar Abdullah dismissed as divisive and communal the BJP-led NDA and made it clear that the NC would never join it. It is hardly necessary to elucidate further this point, as he and other NC leaders have been using very strong words against the BJP and its PM nominee Narendra Modi. Suffice to say that he sees in the BJP a threat to his politics of autonomy. Remember, the BJP-led NDA Government had rejected outright the NC's autonomy report and its assembly resolution on it on the ground that the autonomy demand of the NC just could not be considered.
It is a different chapter that he enjoyed power at the centre under the leadership of Vajpayee and that nothing is impossible in politics. If he and the NC could join the NDA in the past the possibility of theirs rejoining the NC after the election results are out also cannot be overruled. After all, the Abdullahs cannot live without power even for a day. Power for them is oxygen and for power they can go to any extent; they can switch loyalty anytime. In fact, there is a charge against the Abdullahs that they are utterly "undependable, power hungry and unscrupulous". |
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