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| Activities in Congress camp keep Omar on tenterhooks | | Crucial 57 days | | Rustam
JAMMU, Nov 8: The votaries of rotational chief minister have intensified their "behind-the-scene" activities to prepare ground for ensuring replacement of the NC rule with the Congress rule in the first week of January 2012. They have been, according to insiders, "meeting almost everyday and working out a strategy that could clinch the issue in favour of the Congress". They are also "reviewing the situation on a daily basis". They are so determined to achieve their objective. Some of the top-ranking Congress leaders are also "lobbying" in New Delhi to ensure the end of Omar Abdullah's rule. They know that there are "certain elements" in the AICC as well as 10 Janpath, the official residence of AICC president Sonia Gandhi, who are for "status quo" or for the "continuation of Omar Abdullah". If sources close to the protagonists of rotational chief minister are to be given any credence, then one can say that they have covered much of the ground with the help of a powerful group in the AICC which shares the views of those who want Omar to go in the first week of January 2012.
Several factors are, according to the insiders, helping the protagonists of rotational chief minister in what they call "remove-Omar Abdullah-crusade". One, Omar Abdullah has "vitiated the state's political atmosphere by raking up controversial issues, including his demands seeking the revocation of the AFSPA and demilitarization". Two, "Omar Abdullah's statements on accession of the state with India have angered the nationalist constituency in the state and elsewhere in the country"; "the nation as whole has been chaffing ever since October 7, 2010, when Omar Abdullah declared on the floor of the assembly that the state has only acceded to and not merged with India". Three, "there is general perception in the state that Omar Abdullah has failed to deliver on any affront"; that "he is arrogant and inaccessible"; that "he takes decisions unilaterally"; that "he makes policy statements without taking his cabinet into confidence: and that "his policies have only widened the gulf between the ruler and the ruled". Four, the "chief minister's policies have alienated Jammu and Ladakh from Kashmir" and created a situation leading to the demand in these two provinces for the reorganization of the state on regional basis". Five, the "chief minister's indulgence in sectarian politics has created bitterness and animosity between communities and sects" and "sharpened inter-regional angularities". Six, the "death of Haji Syed Mohammad Yousuf in mysterious circumstances has created serious doubts in the minds of the people about NC leaders, including the chief minister, and led many to believe that they had been indulging in political corruption". Seven, the "chief minister's statement on mercy petition of Afzal Guru has never been appreciated by the AICC and the Union Government both of which believe that it was the chief minister's unwanted statement that inspired an independent Kashmiri MLA to submit a resolution to the speaker seeking mercy for Afzal Guru, convicted in the Parliament terrorist attack case". Eight, the "anti-Congress campaign launched by the chief minister's uncle Mustafa Kamaal has annoyed the Congress leadership and workers across the state and they are in no mod to forgive him and the NC". Nine, the "NC chief spokesperson's tirade against the army has embarrassed the Congress across the country". Ten, "it's the belief of an important section in the Congress that anymore truck with the NC would harm the Congress in the state as well as rest of the country".
These are some of the factors which, according to the insiders, are "helping" the votaries of rotational chief minister. This should cause worry to Omar Abdullah who has on occasions more than one declared that he would rule the state for full term of six years. His problem is not just the Congress party. He has to reckon with the PDP and the Panthers Party as well, whatever he may think of them. Both these parties are working overtime to dislodge Omar Abdullah. It would not be surprising if the PDP offers unconditional support to the Congress. For, it wants to see the C out of power at all cost.
The next 57 days are very crucial for Omar Abdullah and the NC. It's between the NC and the Congress, the PDP and the Panthers Party and battle-lines are clearly drawn. It is difficult to say who ultimately would emerge victorious. |
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