Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 22: The voices of dissent have started to emerge against state Congress president G A Mir with several senior party leaders Friday skipping the meeting called by Mir to chalk out the strategy for bye-polls to Anantnag Assembly constituency.
Sources told Early Times that former state Congress president and ex minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, senior vice president state Congress G N Monga, senior leader Mohammad Anwar Bhat, Ghulam Nabi Mir Lasjan and several others didn't attend the meeting called by Mir today in a local hotel here.
"All isn't well within the state Congress and absence of senior leaders from such an important meeting is indication towards it," they said and added Mir was trying to keep former minister and senior party leader Taj Mohi-ud-Din in good humor to keep the flock together. "However, Taj has lost his credibility at both state and national level due to his tainted image. He (Taj) is involved in several scams and is trying to keep the party president G A Mir in good humor to get away from these cases," sources within the party revealed.
A senior party leader wishing anonymity said that to divert the attention from the revolt emerging within the party, Mir was trying to target the failures of PDP-BJP government. On Friday Mir trained guns against the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, accusing her of denying the right to franchise to the people of Anantnag south Kashmir.
However, the Congress leader said, till now Mir has himself been a failure himself for the last more than a year since he was nominated as party president by the high command. "While Jammu based senior Congress leaders like Sham Lal Sharma, Madan Lal Sharma and others have already revolted against him, Mir is now facing similar situation in Kashmir Valley. Mir's image in Kashmir is dented as people still remember his involvement in 2006 infamous sex scandal. Though the court has exonerated him from the charges, in a sensitive state like J&K it is difficult to make people understand it," he revealed. "It is high time that the Congress high command takes cognizance of these developments otherwise it will be too late," he warned. |
