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Party with less than 10% votes says it represents state | NC over estimating itself | | Rustam Jammu, Sept 1: Leader of the fast-declining NC and state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in his last speech on the floor of the Assembly on the last day of the Assembly session (August 30) said many things. He attacked the PDP. He denounced BJP-led NDA Government. He again reiterated his stand on Pakistan or on dialogue between India and Pakistan. He defended the August 28 pro-Pakistan and anti-India Legislative Council resolution that asked New Delhi to start parleys with Pakistan to settle the Kashmir issue. He criticized those who want the Kashmiri Muslims to boycott the upcoming Assembly elections and asked them to participate in the election on the basis of their own ideologies and agenda. He criticized the BJP. He accused sections of media of being highly biased. In fact, the only thing that he didn't do that day was that he didn't say a single word against Pakistan and that he didn't criticize those in Kashmir who had been indulging in violence to achieve separation from India on religious ground. That day, he also repeatedly asserted that he and his party represented the people of the state. He only crossed the line by saying what he said about himself and his party. The claim of National Conference (NC) leader that he and his party represented the entire state was ridiculous. A party that secured less than 10 per cent of the total votes polled in the just-held Lok Sabha election couldn't make such a ridiculous claim. His claim that his party represented all three regions -- Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh -- of the state was not just ridiculous. In fact, it was a tale of travesty in the sense that a party, which secured less than 10 per cent of the total votes polled in the Lok Sabha elections made making such a loud claim. The NC, like the Congress, has no support base in Jammu and Ladakh regions and whatever little support base it has is basically confined only to a few pockets in the Kashmir valley. The NC cannot be even termed as a regional party. The NC is a sub-regional party and it enjoys some support in parts of Kashmir Valley. The Lok Sabha election results established that. And if the situation as it prevails today, then one can go with keen Kashmir-watchers who say that the "NC would lose even that support base as it has become the most unpopular party owing to its acts of omission and commission and corruption". "The PDP is the dominant political force in the Valley," they assert. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is over estimating the strength of his party. One can understand his compulsions, but, at the same time, one would expect him to say what is right and what is based on the ground situation. The ground situation is that the NC, like the Congress, has lost all of its sheen and appeal and that it is no more than a marginal political force at present. The NC leadership itself is responsible for the sad state of affairs it is in. |
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