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| Fractured mandate gives new lease of life to NC | | Despite having few members Omar dreams of being part of next govt | | Jehangir Rashid
ET Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 25: The fractured mandate that has emerged after the recent assembly elections in the state has given a new lease of life to National Conference despite the fact that the party has just 15 members in the new assembly.
Some of the National Conference leaders led by the outgoing chief minister, Omar Abdullah are running from pillar to post so that they somehow figure in the next state government. Omar's meetings with Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leaders today are significant enough to suggest that NC is trying its level best to remain stick to the corridors of power.
Reports said that Omar met BJP President, Amit Shah in the union capital in the morning with both the leaders exploring possibilities for the formation of BJP-NC government in the state. It has been learnt that Omar also met some other BJP leaders including Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley. However, BJP after a long pause denied the meeting of Omar with Amit or any other BJP leader.
At the same time Early Times has learnt from sources that some of newly elected legislators of NC have vehemently opposed Omar's move to come close to BJP and form the new government in the state. These legislators have made it clear that any alliance with BJP this time around would be detrimental and it would cause irreparable damage to the overall image of the party in the state.
"Legislators like Aga Syed Ruhullah, Nazir Ahmad Khan (Gurezi) and Mian Altaf Ahmad have opposed the move to join hands with BJP for the formation of new government in the state. One cannot rule out the possibility of these people taking the extreme step of leaving the party if Omar decides to go ahead with his plan of forming the new government with BJP," said sources.
It would be in place to mention here that over the past few days the National Conference led by its working President, Omar Abdullah has fallen in love with BJP. This is despite the fact that Omar during a press conference here on December 22 (a day before counting of votes) had said that NC would never enter into any alliance with BJP vis-a-vis the formation of new government in the state.
One should not be confused over this latest development since NC in the past has been associated with BJP. Not long ago, NC was part of the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the centre. Omar was a junior minister in the external affairs ministry and also Minister of State for Industries & Commerce in the government wherein Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister.
On the other side the silence maintained by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) especially by its Patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has somewhat lifted the spirits of NC who were done and dusted once the results were announced. Mufti finds himself in a tight spot as an alliance with BJP may not augur well for the future of the party with majority of the people considering BJP as anti-Kashmir.
The PDP has kept its cards close to the chest with its leaders waiting for the 'opportune' time to display them. By the time the PDP makes its strategy clear it remains to be seen what would be the response of the parties who are in fray for forming the next government in the state. |
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