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| NC rules out pre-poll alliance with Congress; keeps rear doors open | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 8: A day after senior Congress leader and a former Chief Minister ruled out any pre-poll pact with the ruling National Conference (NC) here, NC today while echoing Azad's statement for not forging the pre-poll alliance however, remarked that the party will form the next government with the Congress if the need arises for the same after assembly elections scheduled to be held by the end of this year.
"If no absolute majority is given to any party then NC will be ready to forge alliance with the state Congress for the government formation," said Additional General Secretary NC- Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal.
Kamaal, who is also the younger brother of NC president Dr Farooq Abdullah also reacted sharply to the statements made by the state Congress chief Saif-ud-Din Soz and former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad wherein the Soz had castigated NC- stating that Congress paid price for the mistakes committed by NC and Azad maintained that Congress had a healthy coalition with both PDP and NC in the past. Hitting back at the state Congress, Kamaal said that it was the alliance with the Congress due to which NC witnessed the worst ever debacle in LS polls. He maintained that the state Congress has become the 'department' instead of the party wherein vested interests have damaged the very vitals.
Kamal also castigated Azad over his remark of the 'healthy relation' with PDP- accusing Azad of being the 'opportunist'. "There are power hungry people in the state Congress. They can do anything in lieu of chair even if the same is against the principal stand of the party."
Commenting over the recent pre-poll alliance with the Congress, NC's additional general secretary maintained that when he spoke against it, he suffered at the party level but the truth came to fore and Congress again betrayed NC as the party has done in the past. "They (Congress) were the leeches on our bodies. They are the group of betrayers and the history again repeated itself when the Congress became instrumental in registering defeat of NC in valley."
Kamal however maintained that he is hopeful that Indian National Congress (INC) will again manage a comeback at the national level. "Only one thing that INC needs to do is to rein the state Congress. It has really turned incorrigible and if the same continues, the party will continue to suffer." |
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