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| People accuse Omar Abdullah of playing to galleries by demitting office before time | | 'In 2002 NC chose to sit in opposition despite single largest party' | | Jehangir Rashid
ET Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 10: Former chief minister and National Conference's working President, Omar Abdullah latest diatribe against Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed for failing to form the government in the state has not gone well with the people.
People in general and political observers in particular said that it was National Conference that started the process of not forming the state government despite having the requisite numbers. In 2002 assembly elections NC emerged as the single largest party with 28 seats followed by Congress and PDP.
Despite being the single largest party NC chose not to form the government in the state all due to the reason that its CM face Omar Abdullah lost the election from the high profile Ganderbal constituency in Central Kashmir. Omar's father Dr. Farooq Abdullah who chose not fight the election at that time too was not in the fray for the post of CM.
"National Conference is the party that started the dynasty politics in the state. It was due to this reason only that party chose to sit in opposition after 2002 assembly election. It could have easily elected senior member for the position of chief minister. That did not happen since none of the members of Abdullah family was there in the assembly," said Shakeel Ahmad, a resident of Charar-I-Sharief.
Like Shakeel there are many people who believe that Omar has forgotten the history for his own convenience so that he could corner PDP Patron vis-à-vis on the issue of government formation after 2014 assembly election.
"Omar was chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir since January 5, 2009 and heavens would not have fallen if he would have continued till January 19, 2015 (last date for the previous government). He chose to demit his office so that some extraordinary situation comes up and parties are forced to come up with some arrangement for running affairs of the state," said Manzoor Ahmad, a resident of Nishat.
At the same time the imposition of Governor's rule in the state has come as a shocker to the people more so for those who voted and that too for a change. These people said that Governor's rule should go at the earliest so that there is mitigation of the problems being faced by them.
"The previous coalition government in the state virtually did nothing for the people as a whole. We voted for change but it seems that we would have to wait little longer before the change really takes place. I hope the Governor's rule ends at the earliest so that the public representatives get a chance to serve the people," said Mohammad Shafi, a resident of Bijbehara in South Kashmir.
The imposition of Governor's rule in the state meant that newly elected legislators would have to wait for the formation of new government so that they could deliver on the ground. These people would hope that the impasse over the government formation is over soon with the state being governed by elected public representatives. |
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