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Within a week after 26 political parties across the country floated Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A), cracks have started appearing as National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party workers recently joined the Congress party in an official function in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
NC and PDP workers joining Congress just within a week after the grand alliance of the opposition was announced has raised concerns about the capacity for unity to prevail, as past experiences in J&K bear witness to the fact that political parties have never been able to share a common platform.
In J&K forging a common political vision has always been a challenge. The prevailing divide between the political parties has always hindered unity attempts.
One of the most significant challenges to maintaining unity in J&K has been the inability of political parties to form a consensus on important issues.
The National Conference (NC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the two major regional parties in J&K, have historically represented diverse interests and ideologies. Despite occasional attempts at collaboration, these parties have failed to bridge their differences and work towards a common goal. Their frequent switches of alliances only highlight the underlying discord and personal ambitions driving their actions.
NC and PDP workers joining Congress is a no surprise as such moves have not been uncommon in J&K politics but it happening just within a week of I.N.D.I.A being formed has exacerbated existing fault lines and raised doubts about the essence of unity among political parties. These behind-the-scenes negotiations risk further fragmenting the already fragile political fabric and put a big question mark on opposition forming a united front.
The Congress party’s strategy to lure NC and PDP leaders could be seen as opportunistic, as it has capitalized on the disarray within these regional parties. However, in doing so, Congress risks deepening the existing divisions instead of promoting unity. This backdoor politicking by Congress seems driven more by political expediency.
It seems that the J&K unit of the Congress wants to drive home a point that it’s not interested in the unity efforts and it would like to go alone in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. Had that not been the case it would not have allowed NC and PDP workers to join and endorsed it officially. |
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