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| Aspirations of Cong workers chief determinant | | Pre-poll alliance with NC | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 2: Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress (JKPCC) chief Saifuddin Soz on Friday had made a very significant political statement in Jammu. He said that the decision on a "pre or post-poll alliance for the 2014 Assembly elections would be taken by the Congress high command at an appropriate time". What was very significant was his observation that decision on pre or post-poll alliance would be based on the aspirations of Congress workers. "As far as the decision on an alliance in the next Assembly elections is concerned, it will be taken by the high command keeping in view the aspirations of Congress workers," he was quoted as saying. Besides, he asserted that the "interests of the party would be the first priority".
One is not very sure if the Congress in the upcoming Assembly elections would even repeat its 2008 performance. In 2008, the Congress had won 13 seats in Jammu, 3 in Kashmir and one in Ladakh. However, the Jammu & Kashmir-watchers and political pundits are sure on one count: A vast majority of Congress leaders and workers is fed up with the National Conference (NC) and the "working style" of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. There is consensus among the Congress leaders and workers across the state that the "Congress has become weak over the period by sharing power with a party whose ideology is looked down upon in Jammu province and Ladakh region and which has caused immense damage to these two regions and hampered the process of growth of the Congress in Kashmir Valley".
An overwhelming majority of Congress leaders, workers and their supporters, in fact, hate the NC. On the contrary, they have soft corner for the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Their view is that the "plight of the Congress and the people was not that miserable and pathetic during the PDP-Congress and Congress-PDP rule as it has been since January 2009, when the Congress high command turned down the offer of outside support from the PDP and handed over state power to a party that had all through condemned the Congress". They are also of the view that "the system of governance during the PDP-Congress regime was comparatively better" and that the "NC has behaved in such an irresponsible manner that the people across the state are feeling suffocated".
It appears the JKPCC president has understood what the Congress workers actually want. His statement on a pre or post-poll alliance cannot be described as a casual statement. |
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