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| While 'exposing' one, Sadhotra falls victim to another | | Campus controversy reveals wide cracks in National Conference | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu, Sept 11: The brief politicization of controversy going in the Jammu University, though have demonstrated the absolute sway which Vice Chancellor Prof Amitabh Mattoo wields, but at the same time it has exposed the chinks within the ranks of the National Conference which has been claiming to regain power in next assembly elections.
In a much delayed but well expected fallout between the Vice Chancellor and Prof Rekha Chowdhary, the National Conference leader Ajay Sadhotra had jumped into the campus controversy vowing to expose Prof Mattoo for his alleged 'dictatorial attitude' besides other things. For a while Sadhotra's statements were seen as National Conference's stand against the Vice Chancellor.
However, in a quick succession of things, the National Conference patron and former Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah visited the Vice Chancellor to convey message that his party was with Prof Mattoo. What exactly transpired between Abdullah and Mattoo was all a guess work but the words spread by the VC's aides suggested that the former Chief Minister pledged his support to Prof Mattoo even though the issue on the campus had nothing to do with the mainstream politics.
Dr Abdullah's call on Mattoo and gesture of support makes it amply clear that all is not well in the National Conference and it is a crumbling house. Leave aside the regain of power, the attitude of its leaders suggest that two candidates launched against each other in each constituency by the father-son duo in the next assembly elections is not ruled out.
As National Conference stands as a clearly divided house of two lobbies, besides various splinter groups, between Dr Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah, any leader propped by son is always an eye sore of the father and vice versa.
Sadhotra is a provincial president of the National Conference and by virtue of that he should have been an important leader for the party high command carrying some amount of influence and regards. Even though what Sadhotra said about the functioning of Jammu University has some substance in it or not, but the way Dr Abdullah moved against him suggests that in National Conference being "someone" is not a rule. It is all about the Abdullahs who have the last word. There is no denying the fact the Dr Abdullah might have had all the good opinion the Vice Chancellor, but his one major motivating factor to move against provincial president is the fact that Sadhotra is son Omar's lieutenant.
It may be recalled that late last year, Farooq had come in open against Sadhotra addressing a public meeting organized by a rival in his constituency. This made a piquant situation for Sadhotra as a person seek on a weak pitch in his own constituency was not expected to have control over 37 constituencies of Jammu region which he represents the party as provincial president. He, therefore, threatened to resign from the party but Omar, who was then in Delhi, rushed to Jammu to take Sadhotra back in confidence.
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