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| 'Defeated Cong candidates knocking at BJP doors' | | Mufti's masterstroke shatters Azad's dream | | Fazal Khan
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 28: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not paying any heed to the advises given by the Congress party and dismissing the idea of the grand alliance between PDP, Congress and National Conference ended the 12 year long hegemony of Congress in Jammu and Kashmir and shattered its dream to share the power for the third consecutive time in the state.
Results of the 2014 Assembly polls throwing up a fractured mandate had made the Congress believe that it's in the race for power again but PDP and BJP joining hands to form the new dispensation in the state has left the Congress party red faced, especially the former chief minister of JK and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Pertinently, 2014 Assembly polls changed the very dynamics of the electoral history of Jammu and Kashmir as the ruling National Conference and Congress emerged as the biggest losers. NC's tally fell from 28 to 15 seats, while Congress got decimated from 17 seats to 12. The PDP and BJP emerged as the biggest winners by bagging 28 and 25 seats respectively.
Soon after the results were declared Ghulam Nabi Azad didn't waste a single moment and offered unconditional support to PDP saying, "If PDP accepts the offer, Congress would manage to get the support of four to five independents."
Following Azad's assertion two independent legislators, Er Rashid and Hakim Mohammad Yaseen and lone CPI (M) MLA, MY Tarigami announced that they would support the non-BJP government in JK.
But PDP did not react following which Azad mooted the idea of grand alliance between NC, Congress and PDP. Even the All India Congress Committee chief Sonia Gandhi telephoned the PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and advised him not to join hands with the "communal forces" and reminded him about the previous Congress-PDP bonhomie. However, Mufti after giving a patient hearing to Sonia Gandhi remained non-committal.
Congress leaders from Jammu region who were considered to be the party stalwarts have maintained silence after tasting the defeat at the hands of BJP debutants and due to the Modi wave, which swept the Jammu region. It seems Congress leaders were under the impression that Azad has got the "magic wand" and he would somehow manage to find a way to rope in PDP and their party would be a part of the next dispensation, and they would get one more chance to rule Jammu and Kashmir. Alas! Their dreams stand shattered.
Congress left no stone unturned to convince the PDP but forgot that in 2009 it (Congress) had turned its back towards the PDP and joined hands with the National Conference to teach PDP a lesson for pulling out from Ghulam Nabi Azad led government just a few months before the assembly polls were scheduled to be held in JK. Mufti by not obliging Congress this time has driven home a point that times change and nothing lasts forever and it's "tit for tat."
Soon after the PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and the BJP chief Amit Shah announced that both the parties have decided to go for an alliance to form the next government in Jammu and Kashmir, the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who won the recent RS polls from JK with a slender margin of two votes, was first one to react. He alleged that JK government would be run from Nagpur, where the RSS headquarters are located. Azad's reaction didn't surprise anyone as it was on expected lines as his "dream" to become the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir once again has faded away at least for next six years. Another factor which would be worrying Azad is that the Congress leaders who tasted defeat in the recent assembly polls are making all the efforts to join BJP and are knocking at the doors of BJP leaders. He knows it very well that it would be very difficult for Congress to stay united in JK in coming years. |
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