Lack of Leadership, Direction and Intent Brings Congress Down in Jammu
Even though there is bitter resentment of the BJP-led Central governmentâs policies in the Union Territory, the INC seems unable to regain its old strongholds.
Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, Kapil Sibal, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Raj Babbar during a Shanti Sammelan event in Jammu, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. Photo: PTI
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Srinagar: The saffron turban that veteran Congress party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad wore at a function in Jammu last week had an unambiguous significance. It was worn to strike a chord with the Hindus of the Dogra heartland, where the Congress, which was a force to reckon with in the region till 2014, has suffered massive electoral setbacks in the past seven years.Â
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Why BJP attempt to stamp its political authority in J&K through DDC poll failed
By Anand K Sahay Propaganda apart, the result of the recent District Development Council (DDC) election in Jammu and Kashmir cannot have pleased the Modi government. This was the first proper test of popular endorsement in J&K after the willful destruction by the Centre of the erstwhile state’s constitutional autonomy in August 2019, imbuing the poll with more than ordinary significance.
While the Hindutva party won three stray seats (with no linking thread, or political meaning) in Kashmir Valley, it lost quite heavily even in Hindu-dominant parts of the Jammu division. In these, the Valley-centric parties picked up seats.
Anand K Sahay | After DDC: Will Centre further alienate J&K?
Published : Dec 30, 2020, 7:16 am IST
Updated : Dec 30, 2020, 7:16 am IST
Much sought success in the BJP’s bid to seek to stamp its political authority in J&K through the DDC polls failed to materialise
Aijaz Hussain (C), the BJP candidate for the District Development Council (DDC) polls celebrates after he won a DDC seat outside a counting centre in Srinagar on December 22, 2020. (Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP file)
Propaganda apart, the result of the recent District Development Council elections in Jammu and Kashmir cannot have pleased the Narendra Modi government. This was the first proper test of popular endorsement in J&K after the willful destruction by the Centre of the erstwhile state’s constitutional autonomy in August 2019, imbuing the elections with more than ordinary significance.
DDC Poll Results Are an Emphatic Rejection of the Scrapping of J&K s Special Status
The core of Kashmirâs secular politics remains in place, and Kashmiriyat has yet again triumphed over sectarian majoritarianism.
Counting of votes for the recently concluded District Development Council elections in progress at a centre, in Jammu, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. Photo: PTI
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is busy making a virtue of necessity.
All the âcorrectâ noises are being made about how the democratic process has been restored in the downgraded erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
As if the voter in that beleaguered part of the country came out on the say-so of the government of the day.