Published On:Thursday, 30 October 2014
NC to face tough times during polls
From Shopian dual ‘murder’, 2010 killings, neglect of flood victims
SRINAGAR: From Shopian double “rape and murder” to flood victims’ rehabilitation, the ghosts of Omar Abdullah’s six-year tenure is likely to haunt the ruling National Conference in the forth-coming Assembly polls.
If experts are to be believed most of the uneven incidents that took place in the past six-years are likely to have an impact on the electoral prospects in the coming polls and has become a major concern for the ruling party.
The term of the Omar Abdullah led government ends in January next year. After the formation of the government, the Shopian incident of “murder and rape” of two women took place in 2009, which led to unrest across the Valley. People took to the streets protesting against the government demanding justice to the people involved in the crime.
The next year, the death toll of civilian deaths reached to around 125 following the killing of Tufail Ahmad Matoo, which led to the unrest in the Valley. The Government had expressed its helplessness and said action can’t be taken till AFSPA was in place in the State.
The opponents held the Omar Abdullah responsible for the hanging of Afzal Guru and also used it as a poll plank in the Parliamentary polls.
Other incidents like Gool killings, Kishtwar riots, rehabilitation of flood victims, human rights violations, civilian killings, Haji Yusuf case, comments by Farooq Abdullah as per experts are also likely to have an impact in the upcoming polls.
Earlier, NC President Farooq Abdullah “Kashmiri chor nahi, mahachor hai” (Kashmiris are not just thieves but the biggest thieves)” remarks had come as a shock and many in NC believe that his remarks contributed for the party’s debacle in the Parliamentary polls.
Chief Minister in an interview also admitted that the opponents of NC took Farooq Abdullah’s couple of statements like (Kashmiris are biggest power thieves) and used against them in the elections contributed to the party’s debacle in the polls.
“Even though Omar was not directly responsible for these incidents but they could have impact on the electorate of the NC in the forthcoming polls. Whatever happened since 2009, the Omar Abdullah led NC is being hold responsible for that as he was heading the State,” noted political expert Prof Noor Mohammad Baba told The Kashmir Monitor.
Baba said the opponents will also use it as a poll plank in the upcoming polls. “It will have a great impact on the polls,” he said.
Mohammad Ayub, who teaches political science at a degree college, says the floods that hit the State had dashed the hopes of the government to make comeback in the coming polls after facing rout in the Parliamentary polls.
“These incidents also hit the NC in the Parliamentary polls and may also make influence in the coming polls. The performance of the ruling party is also being judged based on these incidents,” he said.
It alliance partner, Congress has also targeted the NC led government for its mis-governance for the past six-years.
A senior Congress minister has blamed the NC ministers for the sabotaging the regularization of casual workers and may also use it as a poll card in the Jammu region against NC.
Following the poll debacle, the NC led government took some initiatives to make come back in the Assembly polls.
Sources within the NC said its leadership was worried about these incidents that took place in six-years.
Additional General Secretary of the ruling NC, Sheikh Mustafa said the opponents would use these issues as a poll plank to gain the political mileage as did during Parliamentary polls.
He said the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has always been in favour of revocation of AFSPA and forces withdrawn from the civilian areas. “It is due to AFSPA that the people for the civilian killings could not be punished,” he said.
He said people are well area about the development that took place in six-years and will cast their vote in favour of NC candidates.
The spokesperson of the main opposition, PDP, Nayeem Akhtar said the NC-Congress government has failed to fulfil the promises it made before 2008 polls.
“These parties are responsible for the incidents that took place since 2009 and have to pay a huge price for that,” he said.
SRINAGAR: From Shopian double “rape and murder” to flood victims’ rehabilitation, the ghosts of Omar Abdullah’s six-year tenure is likely to haunt the ruling National Conference in the forth-coming Assembly polls.
If experts are to be believed most of the uneven incidents that took place in the past six-years are likely to have an impact on the electoral prospects in the coming polls and has become a major concern for the ruling party.
The term of the Omar Abdullah led government ends in January next year. After the formation of the government, the Shopian incident of “murder and rape” of two women took place in 2009, which led to unrest across the Valley. People took to the streets protesting against the government demanding justice to the people involved in the crime.
The next year, the death toll of civilian deaths reached to around 125 following the killing of Tufail Ahmad Matoo, which led to the unrest in the Valley. The Government had expressed its helplessness and said action can’t be taken till AFSPA was in place in the State.
The opponents held the Omar Abdullah responsible for the hanging of Afzal Guru and also used it as a poll plank in the Parliamentary polls.
Other incidents like Gool killings, Kishtwar riots, rehabilitation of flood victims, human rights violations, civilian killings, Haji Yusuf case, comments by Farooq Abdullah as per experts are also likely to have an impact in the upcoming polls.
Earlier, NC President Farooq Abdullah “Kashmiri chor nahi, mahachor hai” (Kashmiris are not just thieves but the biggest thieves)” remarks had come as a shock and many in NC believe that his remarks contributed for the party’s debacle in the Parliamentary polls.
Chief Minister in an interview also admitted that the opponents of NC took Farooq Abdullah’s couple of statements like (Kashmiris are biggest power thieves) and used against them in the elections contributed to the party’s debacle in the polls.
“Even though Omar was not directly responsible for these incidents but they could have impact on the electorate of the NC in the forthcoming polls. Whatever happened since 2009, the Omar Abdullah led NC is being hold responsible for that as he was heading the State,” noted political expert Prof Noor Mohammad Baba told The Kashmir Monitor.
Baba said the opponents will also use it as a poll plank in the upcoming polls. “It will have a great impact on the polls,” he said.
Mohammad Ayub, who teaches political science at a degree college, says the floods that hit the State had dashed the hopes of the government to make comeback in the coming polls after facing rout in the Parliamentary polls.
“These incidents also hit the NC in the Parliamentary polls and may also make influence in the coming polls. The performance of the ruling party is also being judged based on these incidents,” he said.
It alliance partner, Congress has also targeted the NC led government for its mis-governance for the past six-years.
A senior Congress minister has blamed the NC ministers for the sabotaging the regularization of casual workers and may also use it as a poll card in the Jammu region against NC.
Following the poll debacle, the NC led government took some initiatives to make come back in the Assembly polls.
Sources within the NC said its leadership was worried about these incidents that took place in six-years.
Additional General Secretary of the ruling NC, Sheikh Mustafa said the opponents would use these issues as a poll plank to gain the political mileage as did during Parliamentary polls.
He said the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has always been in favour of revocation of AFSPA and forces withdrawn from the civilian areas. “It is due to AFSPA that the people for the civilian killings could not be punished,” he said.
He said people are well area about the development that took place in six-years and will cast their vote in favour of NC candidates.
The spokesperson of the main opposition, PDP, Nayeem Akhtar said the NC-Congress government has failed to fulfil the promises it made before 2008 polls.
“These parties are responsible for the incidents that took place since 2009 and have to pay a huge price for that,” he said.
