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| Kashmiri Chor Nahin Mahachor | | An epithet that would cause irreparable damage to NC | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 3: The ruling National Conference had over the period lost its sheen and appeal and its top leaders, especially Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, have realized it way back in October 2012. In October 2012, Omar Abdullah openly batted for a pre-poll alliance with the Congress giving everyone to understand that if the NC was to remain somewhat relevant in Kashmir and People's Democratic Party (PDP) kept away from power, a pre-poll alliance with the Congress was a must. His father and party president endorsed his view two months later overlooking the opposition to the idea by his younger brother Mustafa Kamaal. Sometime back, the NC leadership unilaterally announced three candidates for three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir to force the Congress to fall in line. All its actions clearly indicated its extreme form of nervousness for obvious reasons, the most notable being its utter failure to retrieve the political ground it lost to the PDP in Kashmir and other non-NC and non-Congress parties in Jammu province.
The NC-led Government and the NC as a party did nothing whatsoever to improve their image by taking care of the people's needs and redressing their grievances. As was expected, the people got disenchanted with the NC and its Government. If one goes by the controversial and provocative statements NC leaders like Mustafa Kamaal and Mehboob Beg have been making and the charges they have been leveling against the opposition leaders, especially PDP leaders, from time to time have left none in any doubt that the NC leadership has been feeling the pinch. It's not just political observers who have been opinion for years now that the NC is destined to face a humiliating defeat at the hustings, the NC leaders on the ground are also accepting this truth on the condition of anonymity.
What Farooq Abdullah said on Sunday in New Delhi was also nothing but a manifestation of his nervousness. The level of frustration, desperation and nervousness could be seen from what Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah had on Saturday said in Delhi about Kashmiris. Releasing a report by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) titled: "Citizen's report on state of renewable energy", he described Kashmiris as the "biggest thieves". Infact, he said: "Kashmiri chor nahi mahachor hai" (Kashmiris are not just thieves, they are biggest thieves). They use illegal electricity connections and bribe the local linemen, and this was the main problem plaguing the state's Power Development Department".
Where was the need for him to use such an invective and epithet for his own community, which also constitutes the core constituency of the NC? But he did that ignoring the fact that this invective would cause an irreparable damage to his party and the Government. Omar Abdullah and his party today faced the wrath of the PDP and others on the floor of the Assembly and Leader of the Opposition and PDP president Mehbooba Muftti demanding an unconditional apology from Farooq Abdullah. Farooq Abdullah today did say in Delhi that he didn't describe Kashmiris as mahachor and blamed the media for misinterpreting his statement. This clarification and veiled attack on the media will not help the NC salvage the situation. The fact of the matter is that the opposition would make this epithet a major issue in the upcoming election and further weaken the already rather weak NC. |
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