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| Questions legality of LC privilege committee | | Congress puts NC in dock over VK Singh | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 22: Congress, fearing political backlash over calling of General (Retd) VK Singh, has out smarted NC and pushed it to the political corner.
In a carefully deliberated legal and political move, Cong questioned very legality of the Committee which had issued summons to the General to appear before it.
The move of the Congress comes at nick of the time, as NC was pretty sure of issuing non-bailable warrants against the General as his appearance was very much in note.
The NC had questioned the legality of the letter send to the Council chairman in the last meeting which was attended by lone Cong MLC Jugal Kishore Sharma, who is also the chairman of the privilege committee.
NC was able to corner Jugal and had his way in ensuring the presence of the General. NC was moving as per its political game plan.
Cong was pushed to the dock as calling General was against the principled stand taken by the party after PCC president Saif-ud-Din Soz had said he is not in favour of calling General. Party had also communicated to the party high command that calling General would go against the interests of the party in State and also across the nation ahead of the Parliamentary elections.
Gen Singh had been getting close to the BJP and if Congress is seen as the party in 'disgracing' the former General and it would give handle to the BJP to hit out at the Congress.
Congress leadership also felt that NC had a clever ploy of cornering Congress by giving an handle to the BJP and at the same time shore up its political chances in the Valley as it would play the episode of calling General as a sort of victory of party over the 'Indian Army'.
Congress has by this deft move has not only cornered NC but has also denied an opportunity to BJP to hit it and interestingly has earned the political handle to project as the party which stands behind the Army, which is likely to go down well in the State, where there is substantial population of ex-servicemen . |
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