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| Soz seeing anti-NC wave, Sagar says NC in difficult situation | | Future of Abdullah dynasty | | Rustam
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 25: The ruling NC may become a marginal outfit in Kashmir after the assembly elections. It is not only the pollsters who are predicting demise of the NC. Even the senior leaders of the Congress and the NC are publicly saying that things are not promising for the NC.
The JKPCC chief Saif-ud-Din Soz had on Monday went to the extent of saying that an anti-NC wave is sweeping the state. "There is anti-NC wave in the state. Omar has always been putting hurdles in functioning of the government. It has been a difficult experience working with him in the coalition," Soz said in Srinagar while releasing the Congress' election manifesto. What Soz said about Omar Abdullah was nothing but a scathing attack on him and his working style.
The NC ideologue and senior minister in the Omar Abdullah government Ali Mohammad Sagar, who is also the party general secretary, also echoed the views of Soz in his own typical style. He said the assembly election scheduled to begin from November 25 is the "toughest electoral battle" the party would be facing. He also said that retaining Srinagar is a "challenge" for the NC. "No doubt, this is the toughest election. But we have fought such elections in the past as well," he said after filing his nomination papers from Khanyar constituency on Monday.
Srinagar district was the stronghold of the NC, but when senior NC leaders like Ali Mohammad Sagar candidly acknowledges and that, too, publicly that the NC is fighting the toughest electoral battle and retaining hold over Srinagar district is a challenge before the party, then it means something very significant. No leader of any political party normally says things which Ali Mohammad Sagar said at a time when the election process is on. That he had the temerity to say what he said should indicate the direction in which the political wind is blowing in Kashmir. In fact, sagar only vindicated the JKPCC president.
Significantly, a day before, NC working president and J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who abandoned Ganderbal constituency fearing a defeat and is seeking election from two "safe" of Sonawar and Beerwah, had refused to comment on the poll prospects of his party. He had told PTI that he didn't believe in predictions and things become come clear on December 23, when the election results will be out. In other words, Omar Abdullah was not sure of his own and his party's victory. His body language these days clearly suggests that he is fighting a losing battle.
That Omar Abdullah and his party have fallen from grace also became evident on Monday, when the NC working president faced the ire of flood victims at district election office in Srinagar. He was accompanying the NC candidate for the Amira Kadal constituency, Nasir Aslam Wani, for filing his nomination papers.
Omar Abdullah is himself responsible for the state of affairs he is finding himself today. Had he conducted himself in a responsible manner and worked for the welfare of the people, instead of focusing on divisive issues, his plight and the plight of his party would not have been that pathetic. Ironically, he is behaving in the fashion that ensured his party's defeat in the Lok Sabha election. He has not learned any lesson. What an irony! |
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