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| Omar again snubs Cong leadership | | In A State Of Paralysis | | Rustam
jammu, Jan 10: "I represent both the political parties and have to think over the matter when it comes to me". Chief Minister Omar Abdullah yesterday made this statement while dismissing as a "rumour" the talk of cabinet reshuffle. He was talking to reporters on the sidelines of foundation laying function of Jammu and Kashmir State Data Centre (JKSDC) in the civil secretariat premises. If what has been reported by the print media is correct, then it can be construed as a deliberate affront to the self-respect of those who are leading the Congress party in the state. How else could one interpret his statement that "I represent both the political parties" (read National Conference and Congress).
This is not an insignificant statement. This statement is very significant in the sense that the Chief Minister has given the local Congress leadership to understand that he is the boss and that the latter has no other option but to dance to his tunes, endorse whatever he says and does and keep their mouth shut. Not only this, this statement of the Chief Minister clearly suggests that he has no respect whatsoever for coalition dharma and that he is behaving as if he is engaged in one-party rule. And, why not?
It is the local Congress leadership which is responsible for the kind of treatment it is getting from the National Conference. Had it at any point of time after January 5, 2009 asserted its authority and maintained its independence, the plight of the local Congress leadership would not have been that pathetic. Since it allowed the Chief Minister to rule the roost unhindered and unchecked, the latter got emboldened to treat the Congress in the manner he has been treating it ever since January 2009.
Can Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithavi Raj Chavan make such a statement and say that he represents both the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra? He just can't dare to make such a provocative statement. Had he made such a statement, the NCP president Shard Pawar would have taken no time in withdrawing his support to the Chavan-led coalition government and the result would have been its immediate fall. The NCP has never allowed the Congress to cross the line. On the contrary, the NCP has at regular intervals showed the Congress its rightful place. Even today a tussle between the NCP and the Congress is going on over the seat-sharing formula. Shard Pawar has threatened that his party would field candidates in all the wards of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation in case his party is not allotted 65 seats - a threat that has created a very difficult situation for the Congress party.
This is the way to protect one's self-respect. Will the local Congress leadership imitate Shard Pawar, or for that matter its counterparts in West Bengal who are fighting with Trinamool Congress president and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee to preserve the self-respect of the Congress party, and make the National Conference leadership behave and recognize it as an equal partner in the government? It needs to muster courage, at least, for the sake of its self-respect. But the question is: Will it or will it not? As for the bulk of the local Congress leaders and workers, they do want their president Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz to assert and take on in an effective manner the National Conference leadership. Because it was none other than Prof Soz himself who had suggested only two days ago after the Congress-National Conference Coordination Committee meeting that the Cabinet reshuffle was round the corner. |
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