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Srinagar , July 18: Though there is ample time left to draw the political fault lines for the coming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, anticipated early next year, the opposition National Conference seems to have started the exercise early.
The recent `accidental' attendance of National Conference patron and former chief minister, Farooq Abdullah at the Jammu University's convocation might not be an indicator of a massive political storm to sweep the state in near future as propounds his son and NC chief, Omar Abdullah. But when such an 'accident' is analysed in context with NC’s decision to support UPA’s presidential candidate, Pratibha Patil, in much deference to the stand taken by the so called third front at the centre, of which NC is a part, and Omer Abdullah's persistent opposition to what he calls politics of demilitarization by its arch rival PDP, there is more of a political build up imminent than meets the eye.
Sources in the national conference say the party leadership is in constant touch many groups and factions in the ruling alliance, including some disgruntled leaders of the PDP. The party, sources say, is working closely with a faction of transport minister, Hakim mohammad yasin's pdf for a possible pre poll alliance in some constituencies of Kashmir valley. The party, sources maintain, is also keeping a good contact with cpi and cpim for a possible tie up before the onset of elections any time after the spring of next year. The party is also trying its bit to rope in some shia clerics to check the influence of powerful moulvis like moulvi iftekhar hussain ansari and moulvi abbass ansari over a major chunk of shia votes.
The party has also started wooing former civil servants and bureaucrats. "In near future you will see some high profile and significant figures joining us," Omar predicted last week. The joining of former chief secretary and once an aide and then principal secretary of former chief minister mufti sayeed, vijay bakaya, sources say, is just the beginning of the process. Reportedly the party has also approached some other retired bureaucrats including former secretary, assembly, Muhammad iqbal ganaie to join the party fold.
The strategy, observers say, would be to reinvigorate the cadre and ward off the inferiority complex it has been in during the last three years. But whether that materializes into party's ascendancy to throne remains to be seen.
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