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| Soz rejects Azad's grand alliance suggestion | | Coalition between PDP and Cong | | Rustam
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 31: JKPCC chief Saif-ud-Din Soz and senior Congress leader and former Union Minister and J&K Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad are pulling in different directions. There are serious differences between the two as far as the issue of formation of the next government in the state is concerned. Azad had only last week mooted the idea of "grand alliance between the PDP, the largest single party in the assembly, the unpopular National Conference that was defeated by the Kashmiri electorate and the Congress, which was also rejected by the people in the Assembly elections.
Azad had said a grand alliance between these three parties was imperative if the Kashmiri sentiments were to be respected and the "communal" BJP was to be kept out of the new government. Azad outraged the sensitivities of the people of Jammu province, including the people of the erstwhile Doda district to which, he says, he belongs, by shamelessly saying that a Grand Alliance between the PDP, the NC and the Congress was a must for respecting the sentiments of Kashmiri people. By Kashmiri people, he obviously meant the followers of a particular religion.
Significantly, the Nationalist Congress Party of Sharad Pawar, which was decimated by the electorates in Maharashtra; the Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh Yadav that was decimated by the UP electorate; and the Janata Dal United of Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav that also suffered a humiliating defeat in the last Lok Sabha election have swung solidly behind Azad and supported his Grand Alliance idea to keep the "communal" BJP out. The "secular forces in Jammu & Kashmir like the PDP, NC and the Congress must join hands and form government in the state. This is the best option available to keep the communal BJP at bay," they in one voice had said on Monday while endorsing what they termed as the secular suggestion of Azad. Indeed, they insulted the people of Jammu province by saying what they said.
Interestingly, Soz had a different take on the suggestion of Azad. "I don't know anything about the Grand Alliance and put this question to the leader who put forth this suggestion," he said when asked to express his view on the stand of Azad. Believe it or not, but it is a fact that he didn't even name Azad. He only said, "ask that leader what you want to ask about the Grand Alliance suggestion and don't ask me this question". Soz, at the same time, termed patron of the PDP and its Chief Ministerial choice Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as a seasoned politician capable of taking right decisions at right time. He again reiterated his party's unconditional support to the PDP and urged the Mufti to form "secular government in the State as there is plenty of secular space available in the state". He didn't even once refer to the NC.
That Soz contemptuously dismissed the Grand Alliance suggestion and didn't even name Azad, who had mooted the suggestion, once again established that even after the massive defeat of the Congress party they continue to tread different paths and that they have no lost for each other. However, Soz deserved to be appreciated because the idea of Grand Alliance is a dangerous idea considering the fact that such an alliance will have no Jammu element in it. Remember, Jammu province is the second largest province in the state after Ladakh and it also houses the state's half of the population. How can you forge a Grand Alliance when the people of Jammu province have voted in a different direction? The Soz's cold response to the Azad's suggestion needs to be viewed in this context. |
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