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Mr Omar, Ajatshatru is not "deadwood", your courtiers did try to make him so 11/9/2014 11:44:05 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 9: Mr Omar Abdullah, you have termed your ex-party colleagues -- Ajatshatru Singh and Sheikh Ghulam Rasool - as "deadwood". The fact is, however, otherwise. You, your "unpopular" policies and your "heavyweight courtiers" have made every (un)successful attempt to belittle both of them, dismissing them as unimportant in the party. Take, for example, the case of Ajatshatru. He represented Nagrota Assembly segment from 1996 to 2002 and lost to BJP's Jugal Kishore in 2002 state polls. Although he lost, he cannot be ignored. Being the grandson of J&K's last Dogra ruler, Maharaja Hari Singh, he still enjoys a considerable influence in the area. He is still acceptable to the masses more than anyone else in NC. He had been nurturing the constituency for the past over a decade and a half but it was Omar's close confidant Devinder Rana who by exerting his influence on the Abdullahs entered from the "backdoor" and completely sidelined Ajatshatru. It was the part of politics of a "few" in the party to make Ajatshatru unimportant. The intriguers were successful after the mandate from Nagrota was announced in favour of Rana. Things were now clear for Ajatshatru. He had come to understand that he had no position in the party with which he had an association of nearly 20 years. In the present situation, it was very important for him to take requisite steps for keeping himself politically alive. By contesting from Nagrota on BJP ticket and winning from there, he could teach his detractors a lesson and also prove Omar wrong who otherwise is in the habit of taking Jammuites for granted. Omar had yesterday said: "Thank goodness, some of this deadwood my father had accumulated is clearing itself out. My only regret - two wasted MLC seats for six years." Rasool, a former J&K Chief Secretary, had on Wednesday last resigned from the basic membership of the party, citing deteriorating party affairs in Ganderbal constituency.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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