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| Congress in complete disarray | | Prashant and Kashmir's Azadi | | Neha
JAMMU, Dec 29: The so-called Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal had on Saturday took over as the seventh Chief Minister of Delhi. He says that he has formed minority government and that it doesn't matter if the Congress supports his government or withdraws its letter of support to the AAP. The Congress had more than a week ago sent a letter to Delhi Lieutenant Governor committing support to the AAP after the BJP refused to form government saying it was not for horse trading. The BJP had emerged as the single largest party in the assembly winning 33 seats, including one of the Akali Dal-Badal.
Notwithstanding what Kejriwal says, he has formed government with the outside support of the Congress party and his government would fall the day he seeks to prove his majority in the 70-member House. He needs 36 MLAs, but his party has won only 28. The Lt Governor has given him a week's time to prove his majority. His government would collapse that day in case the Congress doesn't vote for the minority government. The Congress has eight MLAs.
In the meantime, the decision of the Congress high command to extend support to the AAP has created unrest among many an important Congress leader. At least three Congress MLAs have opposed the high command's move. Besides, a few ministers in the Manmohan Singh-led minority government have also opposed the move. For example, Rural Development Minister Jai Ram Ramesh has opposed the decision tooth and nail. Those who have opposed the high command's decision say it was a politically unwise decision to extend unconditional support to the AAP, which had abused, taunted, challenged, humiliated and ridiculed the Congress party and the Congress leadership, and urged the need to work out a common minimum programme and form coordination committee of the AAP and the Congress so that both the parties could work in tandem. Not just this, they have opposed the support to the AAP for another reason: the AAP leader Prashant Bhushan's formulation that Kashmir be given independence if the people there want it. Efforts are being made to persuade party vice-president Rahul Gandhi to have a rethink on the issue of extending support. Or even if support is given then it should be with a condition that AAP clarify its stand on Kashmir.
Senior AAP leader Prashant Bhushan, who is considered the second most influential leader in the party, had favoured grant of azadi (freedom) to Kashmiris if they so desire. He was even attacked in his office chamber in Delhi sometime back for expressing his outrageous and anti-national views.
They are right when they talk about CMP and coordination committee and ask the high command to seek a clarification on what Prashant said about Kashmir. As of now, the Congress high command has not deviated from the stand it took some 10 days ago on the party's support to the AAP and it is this that has upset many a Congress leader. Indeed, the Congress party is in complete disarray. |
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