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Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 7
The MLC elections’ results have reflected the beginning of the end of Jammu leadership. Peoples Democratic Party- whose leadership faced hostile reaction in 2008 land row and which was considered as untouchable- had emerged as important political opposition in the Jammu.
BJP which once represented the sentiments of the Jammu people, though it exploited them to the hilt, was relegated to the third spot. Panthers Party, did manage to keep its grip in constituencies represented by it, but it fared just below the PDP.
In parliamentary democracy, it’s the opposition which is generally raises the issues concerning the public, questions the government on them and pushes to it for the solution.
The result shows that this job would now be done by the PDP.
Congress, which has strong presence in Jammu, was not considered the real voice of Jammu heartland, which holds diametrically politically opposite view to the Kashmir valley.
BJP had taken upon this responsibility and for it was rewarded politically.
The decadal of the Jammu leadership had started after the demise of Prem Nath Dogra, one of the tallest leader of the Jammu. In Cong camps though also GL Dogra and Pandit Trilochan Dutt did manage to force the government to accommodate the view point of the Jammu.
Former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed-who was earlier a Cong man- had in private conversation acknowledge the leadership qualities of these Cong leaders.
It was the Jammu based leadership which led a number of agitation against the NC and more particularly against Sheikh Abdullah and also Dr Farooq Abdullah, forcing them to concede their demands be it opening of Ayurvedic college or taking back the decision of permanent durbar at Kashmir.
But with these results, it appears as a folklore as none of the Jammu leaders have the mass appeal or working on the ideology.
The biggest blunder, rather murder of the political sentiments of the Jammu people, was done by the seven expelled BJP MLAs and they were ably assisted by the remaining four, though they continue take high moral ground.
Even the prodigal child of one of the expelled BJP MLAs- who was believed to be instrumental in cash-for-vote scam of MLC election- contributed his best in extinction of Jammu leadership, for petty financial gains.
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti had publicly stated a number of times that Omar Abdullah divided and finished the BJP, which was once headed by statesman and politically stalwart former prime minister AB Vajpayee.
Omar had got what he intended, clean sweep, forcing Jammu to reluctantly and embarrassingly accept PDP as guardian of its political aspirations.
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