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| A claim that is not based on ground realities | | 3% voters in Jammu prefer Omar | | Neha
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 13: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is also the working president of the party, on Wednesday had claimed that his party will form the next Government "by all means". He made this claim while addressing public rallies in Hall and Shamthi area of Ramban Assembly constituency in favour of its contesting candidate Chaman Lal Bhagat. It is for Omar Abdullah to explain as to what exactly he meant by "by all means" and he has to explain because this assertion of his could be exploited against him and his party by his detractors.
His claim that the NC would form the next Government in the state by all means appears to be a tall claim -- tall claim considering the very bad performance of his party in the last Lok Sabha election. The NC had contested all the three Lok Sabha seats and lost all of them to the PDP. Even the party president and father of Omar Abdullah, Farooq Abdullh, suffered a massive defeat at the hands of the PDP candidate. That the defeat of the NC was massive could also be seen from the fact that the party could get only 11.1 per cent of the total votes polled, which also included some Congress votes. The NC and the Congress had contested the election jointly.
That the position of the NC has not improved even after May 2014 could also be seen from the recent pre-poll survey conducted by C-Voters for NewsX and India News. The findings of the survey were broadcasted only on Tuesday. The survey not only said that the NC would get 10 to 16 Assembly seats in these Assembly elections, but also said that Omar Abdullah is virtually a persona non-grata in Jammu. The survey said that if elections are held today, the NC would get only 11 per cent of the total votes polled. Not just this, the survey also said that there are only a handful of people who want him to be the next Chief Minister of the state.
Omar Abdullah was the choice of 11 per cent of the eligible voters who were interviewed by the survey teams in the Valley this November, a paltry three per cent in Jammu province and 16 per cent in Ladakh. The findings were very interesting in the sense that while these indicated the extent to which Omar Abdullah was unpopular in Jammu province, these also suggested that he was more popular in Ladakh as compared to Kashmir, his core constituency. How else should one interpret the findings of this latest pre-poll survey?
It's time for Omar Abdullah and members of coterie to retrospect and find what has gone wrong with them and their party. |
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