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| Omar, Farooq seek outside support of Cong for NC govt | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi, Feb 10: With series of corruption disclosures against state Congress ministers in the recent days, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his father Farooq Abdullah have started mounting pressure on the Congress high command to extend the outside support to National Conference government in Jammu and Kashmir.
The father -son duo were believed to have conveyed their feelings to the Congress leaders here. The duo told the Congress leaders that the corruption charges against the Congress ministers is equally telling upon the image of their party-NC.
Taking note of the father -son activities in New Delhi, the Congress ministers today held meeting at the Jammu official residence of PHE and irrigation minister Taj Mohi-ud-din and discussed the future course of action, the sources said.
The uprising was evident from the statement of ousted education minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed.
"I gave my resignation to party high command and it is their decision now whether they will forward it to the Chief Minister or not. I don't want to create problems for Congress and Sonia Ji, CM isn't my boss."
Peerzada said he will call a press conference in a day or two and reveal all the facts before the media. "I know where from the instructions to newspapers and channels came to carry malicious propaganda against me," he said The senior Congress leader said that he recently met Sonia. "I told her (Sonia) that there were so many things on Kashmir and said I will reveal it after elections," he added.
Political analysts believe that father farooq Abdullah and son Omar Abdullah would increase the pressure on the Congress high command for outside support to NC government if Congress party gets less seats in UP elections.
The sources say that the father -son are even in touch with the leaders of other smaller parties in Jammu and Kashmir which include seven members of BJP, independents and Panthers party MLAs for support in the event of congress withdrawing the support to Omar Abdullah government. |
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