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CM, former CM at daggers drawn Frustration grips NC, Cong 11/4/2014 11:41:18 PM Rustam Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 4: The former allies NC and Congress have turned bitter foes. The level of bitterness is such that top leaders of both the parties are taking on each other and blaming each other for their declining popularity. Last week, former J&K Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had held the NC responsible for the declining popularity of the Congress in the state. "The State Government has lost people's confidence. The Congress is suffering because of its alliance with the NC. We should have insisted on the 2002 power-sharing formula and we should have led the Government after January 5, 2013. We are losing political space because of all this," Azad had, among other things, said when NC working president and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was away in London to enquire about the health of his ailing father. Farooq Abdullah underwent kidney surgery in London last week and he would not be available during the election campaign. After his return to Srinagar from London, Omar Abdullah hit back on Azad. He countered the Azad's onslaught on his Government and the NC and went to the extent of saying the Azad could not fool the people by leveling false charges. Countering Azad, Omar Abdullah said: "The Congress led the State Government for three years after November 2005, but failed to repeat its 2002 performance in the Assembly elections. The Congress had won more seats in 2002, when it was not in power, but its tally went down in 2008, when it had led the State Government. Azad cannot fool the people by leveling baseless charges against his Government and the NC. It was the Congress that never allowed the coalition Government to stabilize," the angry Abdullah said. What Azad said about the State Government and the NC and the strong manner in which Omar Abdullah countered Azad indicates the extent to which the relations between the allies have strained. It appears that a deep sense of frustration has gripped the leadership of both the parties. The war of words between them is nothing but a sign of frustration.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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