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| Maharaja’s ‘grandson’ returns to NC | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 16
“It is homecoming”, said a heavily moustached and well dressed up gentlemen after former Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar while pointing to a man said that he has rejoined National Conference.
A rather hurried Press Conference had been convened by the National Conference top brass this afternoon to make the significant political announcement as a princely man smiled at the scribes while announcing his ‘homecoming’ after hibernations. Omar, the president of National Conference said, “we have got shot in the arm”.
No sooner the press conference was over, a posse of media persons rushed at the Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan realized that the gentleman who re-joined the National Conference was grandson of erstwhile ruler of Jammu and Kashmir –the legendary Maharaja Hari Singh.
When the words like “re-joining” and “homecoming” were being repeatedly used, an attempt was made to recall when this gentleman was last seen with National Conference or at any public space of the state once ruled by his forefathers. It was recalled that he was a Minister in Dr Farooq Abdullah government from 1996 to 2002. Since then he has never been seen anywhere except by the staff of Hari Niwas Palace Hotel which he proudly owns and describes as a heritage hotel.
He is Ajat Shatru Singh, the son of veteran Congress leader and former Sadar-e-Riyasat Dr Karan Singh, who is considered close to the Nehru-Gandhi family. Singh had joined the Congress on May 24, 2003.
When he joined the Congress in May 2003 he had stated that he had quit the National Conference because he felt that only a national party could ensure proper development of the state.He had stated that this task cannot be achieved by a regional party like National Conference.
And when he rejoined the National Conference today he said that he had resigned from the congress because it had failed to establish peace in the state. He said that he had no other alternative but to quit the congress as it had no sound policy for carrying out development of the state and for redressing the grievances of people.
He said that he had realized that the National Conference was the only party that could establish peace and carry out development works. |
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