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| Omar Abdullah finally joins rhetoric rolled by Mustafa Kamaal | | | ET Report
JAMMU, July 13: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said recently the Jamaat dress code for the tourists was in fact a diktat by the media and not from the Jamaat. In one of his tweets the CM said the Jamaat had already clarified that it did not issue the dress code.
Exactly two days after the 'hopeful assertion' by the CM, Syed Ali Shah Geelani issued a statement not only endorsing the Jamaat dress code for the tourists visiting the Valley, but also going a step further by saying that the Jamaat was fully justified in issuing the dress code.
Geelani's statement must have come as a bit of uncomfortable revelation for the CM. Of late, Omar Abdullah has been making statements those could have far reaching consequences. While paying tributes to his grandmother, late Begum Akhtar Jahan, known popularly as Madre Meherban, the CM said Kashmir was a dispute that needed to be resolved by India and Pakistan. He also said the dispute could not been settled in one or two meetings. Fair enough, but he said no economic dispensation would come handy in resolving the dispute. He also said the ruling NC was prepared to make any amount of sacrifices to protect the special status and also fight for restoration of autonomy to J&K.
Omar has finally with these words joined the acrimonious debate triggered by his uncle and senior NC leader Dr. Mustafa Kamaal. Already many feathers seem to have been ruffled within the Congress-NC coalition by first Mustafa Kamaal's statements and later through the rejoinders issued by senior Congress leader Chowdhary Taj Mohiuddin.
Until Omar joined the debate it was believed the same had little consequence and bearing on the health of the alliance between the NC and the Congress in the State. Now that the man at the top has thrown his hat into the ring it appears the debate would become hotter in the days to come with more NC and Congress leaders likely to join the discourse on autonomy, Article 370, Delhi Agreement of 1952, the developments of 1953 and other such issues the raking of which only aims at shifting the focus of the people from better governance and the tirade against corruption. The people of the State have become wiser over the years and it appears they would not be moved to emotions because the ruling alliance is trying to shift focus from the concrete to the abstract.
There has been enough talk of good governance, eradication of corruption, transparent administration and accountability etc. But, these assertions have not unfortunately moved beyond words. The State is barely two years away from the next elections and already the game of political brinkmanship is reaching a new crescendo in the State.
It is fine to try and score points over political rivals by reverting to old tactics, but the same should be carefully measured as its implication on the psyche of the youth and its fallout on prevailing peace could cost all of us very heavily. |
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