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| ‘Alleged NC’s “competitive successionism,” coalition politics may prove disastrous to Cong’ | | |
Bharat Bhushan
JAMMU, Aug 3: PCC leaders have repeatedly conveyed to New Delhi their "unpleasantness" over the present state of affairs in J&K and highlighted the gaps in the NC-Congress coalition Government, while asserting that the coalition politics was gradually proving to be disasterous for the party in the State.
"The party high command, including Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has been apprised of the points in the coalition that go against the party's interests in the state," a senior PCC leader said.
However, the PCC's repeated communications in this regard to the Centre have so far proved to be futile. "It speaks of the New Delhi's non-seriousness in dealing with the party affairs in J&K. It shows they are not bothered about the PCC and its dwindling base in the State," he asserted.
So unconcerned was the party high command with J&K that for the past over an year and a half it had not bothered to take a decision about the appointment of a new PCC chief, the Congress leader, who did not wish to be quoted, said.
New Delhi was also unwilling to act against the dissidents in the party who had grown stronger and had been working against the party interests. It was also indecisive about getting its due share of Ministers in the State Cabinet, he said and regretted that a Union Minister continued to call the shots in the absence of a strong high command.
He said due to the inordinate delay in the inclusion of new Congress faces in the Cabinet, resentment had started creeping into the party cadres.
Under the prevailing circumstances and due to the failure of Congress to prove itself as an effective coalition partner in the Government, NC was dominating the affairs in the Government and outside also, he added.
The PCC leader said the coalition was in dilemma also because of the "competitive successionism" between coalition partner NC and Kashmir's other political parties. The political parties in the Valley were harping on this formula, he asserted.
"To keep its vote bank intact in the Valley, NC has been trying to keep the successionist elements in good humour. It does not want its arch rivals to take a lead in this regard," the Congress leader alleged.
"NC knows well that its opponents' new political stunt to usurp separatists' space and attract sympathy on the ground. So, the party will not let others to succeed in their new endeavour and will make every possible effort to ensure that the latter does not increase its base in the Valley," he said.
Being a part of the Government, Congress was not in a position to criticise NC openly over its such policies and certain remarks which did not suit the party at the national level. In the process, the interest of entire Congress was being jeopardised, he added.
The PCC delegation was also said to have called on some Congress Ministers at the Centre in the recent past and expressed serious concern over the way the party was getting marginalised in the State.
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