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| Jammu based NC leaders on crossroads as party misses chance to remain relevant | | BDC Elections | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 10: The forthcoming Block Development Council (BDC) elections in Jammu & Kashmir seem to have divided National Conference, Kashmir's grand old party.
It may be recalled the delegation of NC leaders from Jammu visited Srinagar recently and met the party president Dr Farooq Abdullah, who has been booked under Public Safety Act and is detained at his Gupkar residence, and his son the NC vice president Omar Abdullah, who is also under detention in a tourist hut on the same road.
The delegation after meeting the father-son duo separately hinted at party could consider contesting the BDC polls slated to be held later this month, but cited detention of NC top brass as one of the major reasons for party staying away from the electoral process.
According to the media reports, some NC leaders were in favour of taking part in the BDC elections as these polls are confined to Panchs and Sarpanchs only and there is no major role of the political leaders in this electoral process.
An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "Many people believe that NC should have contested the BDC polls to remain politically relevant."
He said, "NC leadership is paying a heavy price for boycotting the Panchayat polls which were held last year. At that point of time everyone including the top leaders of the BJP had requested the NC leadership to come forward and join the poll fray but NC didn't agree and remained adamant on its stand to boycott the electoral process."
The analyst said, "Even if NC would have contested the BDC elections there was a possibility about its candidates facing defeat as the Panchs and Sarpanchs, who form the Electoral College for Block Development Council elections either are independents or are from the BJP."
Media reports suggest that NC leaders are keen to revive political activities in the state as most of them believe that their party is at the crossroads and it could end up disintegrating. "Jammu based leaders of the National Conference are paying a heavy price for the mistakes committed by the Kashmir-centric leaders of the party and they are finding it hard to safeguard their political careers," said an observer.
He said that when NC stayed away from Panchayat polls in J&K many Panchs and Sarpanchs were covertly supported by the NC leaders and few of them were later owned by the party.
"Now the battle lines for the BDC polls have already been drawn and NC leaders especially from Jammu region will have to wait for another chance," the observer added. |
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