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| Jammu a strong support-base of Congress, says Soz | | Fulfilling the solemn commitments | | Rustam
JAMMU, Dec 2: On Sunday, the JKPCC chief Saif-ud-Din Soz said at Darhal (Rajouri) that Jammu has always been the very strong support-base of the Congress party. He was absolutely correct. Indeed, the people of Jammu province have repeatedly reposed faith in the Congress party. Infact, the Congress has been enjoying political power in the state only because of the mandate it has been getting from Jammu, although it couldn't get massive mandate even once after 1975, when Indira Gandhi brought down her own party's government in Jammu & Kashmir to bring back to power deflated Sheikh Abdullah for reasons no one would ever appreciate.
The transfer of power to Sheikh Abdullah only brought destruction to the state and added to the woes of the Indian nation. Anyway, now that the JKPCC chief has publicly acknowledged the Jammu's contribution to the Congress, it is time for those who control the JKPCC to go through the Congress's 2002 and 2008 election manifestos and see which of the commitments it has fulfilled and which it hasn't and use the remaining period to conciliating the people of Jammu province by fulfilling those pledges it has not filled so far.
The Congress needs to fulfill at least three commitments it solemnly made in 2002 and 2008. One, in 2002, it had promised regional development board and in 2008, it had held out a categorical commitment that it, if voted to power, will amend the constitution to federalize the state polity and establish regional council for Jammu. The Congress has neither fulfilled the 2002 commitment nor has it fulfilled the 2008 commitment. Two, the Congress had said both in 2002 and 2008 that it would end discrimination with Jammu and ensure that Jammu got what it deserved. This promise too remains unfulfilled.
Three, it had said both in 2002 and 2008 that it, if voted to power, will constitute a delimitation commission so that Jammu got proper representation in the Jammu & Kashmir Assembly. The Congress has also not kept this promise.
Things have changed in Jammu over the last 11 years or so. And things do not augur well for the future of the Congress party in Jammu province. Leave alone Kashmir where its support-base is limited and unlikely to expand considering the nature of politics the NC and other Kashmir-based parties play there. If the Congress really wishes to win the trust of Jammu, it has to fulfill atleast these three categorical commitments. |
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