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| NC, Cong hail new administrative units, others studying report | | Vote-catching exercise | | Rustam
JAMMU, Feb 3: It was on Saturday that the Jammu & Kashmir Cabinet comprising NC and Congress ministers approved the recommendations on new administrative units made by the Cabinet Sub-Committee consisting of NC and Congress ministers. Ever since then, both the parties have been congratulating each other and hailing the decision of the Cabinet. The NC has been saying that the decision was historic, as it was calculated to bring the administration at the doorsteps of the people. The Congress has also been saying the same thing and describing it as its "victory". The line they have been taking is not surprising. After all, both the parties, which had been at the receiving end for quite sometime for reasons not really difficult to fathom, were in search of an issue which they could exploit to garner votes. They believe that their decision would help them win over the electorate.
Only time will tell if they will win back the trust of the people. But one thing is certain: The Congress in Jammu province will have to pay a very heavy price. For it didn't come up to the expectations of the people by not persuading the NC-led government to create five additional districts in Jammu province - demand made by various delegations which met with the Cabinet Sub-Committee from time to time after July 2013.
If on the one hand the NC and Congress are patting their own backs for what they have been describing as a historic decision, the PDP, BJP and the JKNPP have not reacted thus far. When asked for their reaction to the government's decision on the report of the CSC, leaders of these parties refused to make any comment. Leaders of each of these three parties said that "they have no comment to make as they have not studied the report" and that "they would give their concrete reaction only after studying the report". This suggested that these parties would take a few days to study the report and make their stand public. But it is expected that they would take on the NC-Congress coalition government saying the decision was discriminatory. It can be said on the basis of what they said between the lines.
In the meantime, the NC and the Congress-watchers have dismissed the whole exercise as a "vote-catching exercise" and expressed the view that it would not help the ruling coalition. "The NC-Congress coalition government has become so unpopular that this decision would not help these parties repeat their 2008 performance in 2014," they opined. |
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