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| Will Mufti-Azad Shake Hands Or rub stiff shoulders on April 24? | | | Jammu, April 20,
Though mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir are not attaching much importance to the outcome of the third round table conference scheduled to be held at New Delhi on April 24 but two coalition allies Congress and the PDP are eagerly awaiting to see their tallest leaders PDP Patron Mufti Mohd Sayeed and Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad come face to face with each other in the presence of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh after a long gap of over three months.
According to inside reports, the two leaders are not on talking terms for over three months now and have not even met each other either in the recent times especially when fissures surfaced in the state coalition over the issue of reduction in the level of troops and repeal of Armed forces special powers act.
It may be mentioned that during a month long political drama which culminated in a temporary truce both the leaders deliberately avoided each other and often met leaders in New Delhi in each others absence not willing to bend over in front of each other.
Even after the cosmetic patch up was worked out by the centre in the form of setting of high powered committees with the mandate to review the security scenario in the state the two leaders have been issuing contradictory statements at their public meetings indicating clearly that they are still toeing their party agenda and are in a confrontation mood.
Political observers here feel that the manner in which the political discourse in the state is being dictated by the two coalition allies it becomes evident that the two are still at loggerheads and doesnot appear in reconciliatory mood.
A senior political commentator said that the state is witnessing electioneering as leaders of all mainstream political parties are reaching out to the masses through public meetings and projecting their agenda for the forthcoming assembly elections in the state.
The recent statements issued by the PDP leadership at various public meetings in both Jammu and Kashmir region also clearly indicate that PDP leadership on one hand want to keep congress high command in good humor by acknowledging the role played by them to avoid the imminent fall of the coalition govt in the state and on the other hand they are still not ready to give credit to chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad for taking variety of initaitives to bring back the state on track.
Interestingly Chief Minister GhulamNabi Azad is also playing politics and is not leaving any stone unturned to expose the evil designs of political adversaries. At recently held public meetings, Azad has been constantly rejecting all the demands raised by the PDP but without naming them caring little for the outcome.Now it remains to be seen when on April 24 both the leaders meet each other whether they would exchange positive vibes or rub stiff shoulders.
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