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| Omar overrules Farooq to grab LAHDC Kargil | | Politics of deceit | | Neha
JAMMU, Sept 10: On Sunday, NC president and Union Minister Farooq Abdullah surprised everyone by giving everyone in the state to understand that he and his party believed in people's democracy by making an announcement that the NC will respect the people's mandate and not form Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Kargil. He had said that since his party did not have the required number of councillors, it will be undemocratic act on its part if it violates the mandate and stakes claim to the council. In a way, he had censured his son and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for nominating four members to the council in order to tilt the balance in favour of the NC, an action that was dismissed by the Congress as an act against coalition dharma. Farooq Abdullah had also held his own party responsible for its defeat in the recently-held elections to the autonomous hill development council.
It now appears that the Chief Minister and NC working president and his advisors were thinking on different lines. They were waiting for an opportunity to stake claim to the autonomous hill development council and they got this opportunity perhaps the same day when they succeeded in manipulating the required number. It had won 8 seats out of 24 it contested. Its ally Islamia School Kargil had won three seats. In other words, it had only 11 councillors. It increased its number from 11 to 15 by nominating its own 4 persons to the 30-member council - 26 elected and 4 nominated. The other day, it induced one independent councillor to support the NC claim. The moment it manipulated the required support, it staked claim to the council.
It is clear that the NC will form the council overlooking the NC president's right intervention and violating the people's mandate. This is not to say that the Congress had won an absolute majority in the council. It did not. It had only 12 councillors, besides the support of two independent councillors. In other words, it had majority support before the NC nominated four persons on behalf of the Government without taking on board the Congress, its ally. The manner in which the NC acted once again established that it continues to indulge in politics of defeat.
In the meantime, political observers believe that Farooq Abdullah had made the statement that the NC was opting out of the race only to buy time and hoodwink the Congress so that the NC could use the available time to indulge in horse trading and manipulate or purchase the support of one independent councillor. Whatever be the truth, the fact remains that the NC has played a foul game. |
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