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Early Times report
Jammu, Feb 4: Former Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad’s recent visit to Jammu has once again brought fissures in the Congress party to the fore. The Congress high command, according to sources in the Congress party is highly disturbed over the development. While the Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram is trying to bind the warring factions together, the fissures continue to deepen.
There is no denying the fat that the Congress party performed well in 2002 elections under Azad’s dynamic leadership. National Conference was shown the exit and the state came under coalition rule. Azad became a hero.
An in-depth analysis of Azad’s stay in the state reflects his failure as Chief Minister and as a Congress leader. Azad was known and liked for his `clean image’ across the state. But, Azad failed to take action against his ministers who were involved in the infamous sex scandal. The sordid tale did not end here. The tainted Congress members were once again allowed to contest elections on Congress ticket. The outcome of elections notwithstanding, people by and large got the feeling that Azad was too weak to rid Congress of promiscuous elements.
Azad was put to real test in the last months of the coalition rule. He mishandled the Amarnath land row. Kashmir erupted yet again and so did Jammu. Many a precious lives were lost. Azad could not do justice to Congress either. Bhartaya Janata Party (BJP) leadership played their cards well. Congress lost many a seat in the 2008 elections
He even failed the people of Jammu. For the first time in the past six decades the state of Jammu Kashmir got totally polarized. Azad created a wedge between Jammu region and the Valley. Pertinent to mention the people of the state lived in total harmony during the past twenty years. When militancy was at its peak in Kashmir, Jammu remained calm. But Azad’s mishandling of the issue ignited the spark. The heat was felt on other side of the tunnel. Kashmiris responded by boycotting Jammu products. The demand for opening up of JehlumValley Road gained momentum much to the annoyance of the security agencies.
The international community had to focus attention Kashmir yet again. The after shocks of what is now called June uprising are still being felt. This is Azad’s greatest `achievement’ during his Jammu Kashmir sojourn. But wasn’t he here to strengthen the Congress?
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