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| Do ki ladayi, teesre ki jeet-Taj lobbying for PCC head | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 6: The state unit of the All India Congress party, is yet to emerge out of the catnap after its rout in 2014 Lok Sabha elections, as the warring factions are in no mood to announce a truce.
A section of the party wants PCC chief, Professor Saif-ud-Din removed while another faction wants former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to be cut to size after he faced defeat from a less known BJP candidate.
Former Chief Minister is reportedly supporting a demand for the removal of PCC chief even though the two leaders are occasionally seen on one platform but not on the same page.
The fact is that loyalists of both the Congress leaders are engaged in a public spat over the party drawing a blank in the state. Though the party had fielded veteran Azad for the Lok Sabha polls, the party was hoping to do well. However, the party could not open its account in the state.
If the insiders are to be believed, six Congress MLAs are demanding resignation of Soz while an equal number of legislators including some senior Ministers are against the idea of presenting Azad as the Chief Ministerial candidate. The blame game has become intense and in the meantime a third faction has emerged on the scene which is being commanded by senior leader and Minister for Health and Medical Education, Taj Mohi-ud-Din.
Sources revealed that taking the advantage of the infighting between Azad and Soz factions, Taj has developed contacts with 10-Janpath with the help of Political Secretary to Congress President, Sonia Gandhi.
Sources said that Taj is in constant touch with Ahmad Patel. Sources said that many Congress leaders from Kashmir are supporting Taj's elevation as PCC chief. They said that a close aide of Rahul Gandhi has also explained to the Congress vice-president the need to groom new leader for Jammu and Kashmir.
With contending demands for clipping the wings of both Azad and Soz by a section of the Congress leaders and blaming each other for the worst performance in Lok Sabha elections former MP, Madan Lal Sharma too is weighing himself. However, the party's high command is yet to take decisions on fixing responsibility. Sensing unease among the party workers senior Congress leaders and Minister in the coalition Government, Peerzada Mohammad Sayed and Ghulam Ahmad Mir have started taking stock of what went wrong as both the leaders faced humiliating defeat in the constituencies in Lok Sabha elections. |
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