Sandeep Bhat
Jammu, July 19: If political gurus are to be believed, then majority of legislators of National Conference and Congress party, if given mandate again, are likely to be defeated in the coming Assembly elections scheduled to be held by the end of current year.
There is speculation that most of the present members of Legislative Assembly have lost the confidence of the people and have to face the anti-incumbancy factor in elections.Though being in the coalition govt, both parties are going to lose heavily in elections, especially if the old faces are repeated again.
This correspondent, during a tour of Kashmir and Jammu regions, interacted with a number of people regarding the prospects of their legislators. Mohd Irshad, a businessman in a town in south Kashmir, said that the present dispensation had failed on all fronts.
Without naming the legislator, who also is a minister, he said he had done nothing for the common people and only made people fool. Yes, he did lot of things for his family and relations, but never bothered to look other way. People of his constituency have already decided even before election to teach him a lesson and want a change of guard in the state, he said. Another person from central Kashmir was of firm belief that this coalition government had failed to address the grievance of the people and like in Delhi, people here also wanted a change.
The constituency in which he is residing is being represented by a senior leader who also happens to be a minister.
He will lose this time and people are wanting the change, the man said. Similar views echoed when this colrrespondent spoke to people in the chief minister's constituency. In Jammu region, people were of the opinion that the present MLAs from Congress and National Conference, including ministers, would face the same fate as the leaders of the two parties faced in the parliamentary elections. No doubt, this coalition is trying hard to offer succors to the people but it is too little and too late... |
