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Congress keeps open alliance option with PDP 9/19/2013 10:03:10 PM Early Times Report Jammu,Sept 19 : Has the union Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, forgotten the insult that was meted out to him when the PDP, which had shared power with the Congress from 2002, withdrew its support to the Government that was headed by Azad ? Political observers and sources close to the union Health Minister indicate that Azad is no longer angry against the PDP leadership. This is revealed in the latest disclosure from Azad in which he has kept the doors open for forming a coalition Government with the PDP after the 2014 Assembly election. Since Azad continues to be close to those who matter in the Congress high command his latest utterances favouring post-poll alliance with the PDP cannot be dismissed as figment of his (Azad's) imagination. In fact the Congress has kept the option for forging alliance with the PDP and the NC open because it is not sure about its performance in the next Assembly election. It is not equally sure about the number of assembly seats the PDP and the NC may win in the next election. Hence the Congress leadership is keen to keep both the PDP and the NC leadership in good humour so that when the need arose the Congress could align with either the PDP or the NC. Ghulam Nabi Azad has not ruled out formation of the government in Jammu and Kashmir with the Peoples Democratic Party after the 2014 polls. Sources close to Azad have said that the Union Health Minister predicted that the BJP can never come to power in Jammu and Kashmir. Congress will be a part of the coalition in JK after the 2014 polls. He has indicated that the Congress could join hands with any of the regional parties, either National Conference or the Peoples Democratic Party in the Government formation. Reports said that since the Congress is in favour of keeping the option of forming the Government, after the next assembly elections ,either in alliance with the PDP or the NC it has, therefore, decided against forging any pre-poll alliance with any of the two regional parties.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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