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| NC- Congress war of attrition is alliance's strategy for 2014 elections? | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 10: Unless there is more to it than meets the eye, the NC-Congress war of attrition has reached a new pitch with the NC additional general secretary Mustafa Kamaal blaming the Congress for all the ills of the State and the NC.
Kamaal has chosen some bitter words to describe the alliance between the NC and the Congress. "It is an unholy alliance of compulsion." This is how the senior NC leader and uncle of the State Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has described the power allies of the NC.
Kamaal has also said the Congress stabbed his late father and founder of the NC, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah at least four times politically. The counter tirade from the Congress against the NC allegations was kick started by Taj Mohiuddin, the PHE and Irrigation Minister. Countering the statements made by the NC senior leader, Taj Mohiuddin said the fact that the late Sheikh had assumed power in the State following the Indira-Abdullah accord without pressing for anything as a pre-condition proved there had been no agreement on restoration of autonomy or reversal of any Central laws extended to the State after 1953.
The counter statements from the Congress have prompted Mustafa Kamaal to sharpen his campaign against the Congress and this time Kamaal chose the Jammu region as the tariff for anchoring his anti-Congress tirade. The Congress and the NC are on the face of it reaching a point of no return. Another senior Congress leader has now said that Kamaal's tirade can disturb JK Government by adversely affecting the balance in the Congress-NC coalition.
Kamaal has now blamed the Congress for being inclined towards the PDP. "They have always been logical allies of the PDP". The statement by Mustafa Kamaal apparently conveys an impression that the two political parties have almost reached the point of no return and yet the Chief Minister and senior Congress leaders at the Centre seem to be ignoring the little storm in the tea-cup.
Many insiders are now suggesting the campaign of mutual mudslinging between the NC and the Congress could be part of a well thought out strategy aimed at wooing voters for the alliance during the 2014 elections.
The same insiders maintain that it is not virtually possible for either the NC or the Congress to win a simple majority in the 87-member State Legislative Assembly during the next elections on their own. Any political party winning a good number of seats either in the Valley or in the Jammu region will have to form an alliance with his Valley or Jammu counterpart.
The NC, as per party sources, believes it would be highly improbable for the party to win a good number of seats during the next elections in the Valley as long it remains in alliance with the Congress.
Similarly, the Congress insiders reveal the party feels unsure of its numbers in the Jammu region as long as it maintains a close political proximity with the NC.
The strategy worked out by the two alliance partners, as per highly dependable sources in both parties, is to criticize and demean each other in their respective political bastions to somehow win votes during the next elections.
"Once the voters believe the NC and the Congress have drifted far apart, it would be easier for the NC to win votes in the Valley and for the Congress to win support in the Jammu region. After the elections are over, the same alliance would be repeated," said the top sources. |
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