The big daddies and their spunky kids will sit out of the Lower House. Six unknown faces, with no or little repute in Delhi circles, will walk into the Lok Sabha complex. In a way it portends well, given that the old and jaded have failed Kashmir and its people.
Among the daddy troika of Kashmir politics, the effervescent but non-serious Farooq Abdullah will add glitz and glamour to the Upper House. He will crack a joke or sing a papa number inviting laughter from his colleagues.
The canny Ghulam Nabi Azad will sit next to him and laugh too. But that is not all he will do. He has a tough job to do, months after the PDP - People's Democratic Party - and God rendered him jobless last autumn. Azad's new job, a challenging one though, is to salvage the Sonia Gandhi-headed Congress in states where the Lotus has bruised and blushed the Hand.
The ageing and shrewd Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, too, is no longer Delhi-bound. His idea of greener pastures have now shrunk to the Valley. Not for himself alone. Over the next few years, find him doing some real spadework, making fertile the political ground for his daughter Mehbooba Mufti. The senior surely would be thinking of passing on the baton to the fiery Mufti. Or has he any other option?
Talking of options, one young man had many. But then the racy Omar Abdullah chose that of leading a state with its past and present as chequered as ever. Choosing state over Parliament, will the ever-yielding Abdullah make any difference here and there; apart from of course, the wonderful and extempore `I am an Indian Muslim' speech he made in last year's Parliament session? Way to go Mr Omar Abdullah.
Also not going to Lok Sabha is Kashmir's popular woman politician Mehbooba Mufti. With a preaching daddy in tow, she is slowly but surely trying at enhancing grassroot support structure to the fledgling PDP, the party she hopes will help her wrest power from the National Conference six years hence. So Mufti not going means the famous five of the Kashmir politics will not go to Lok Sabha, but certainly two, Azad and Dr Farooq, stay as friends in Rajya Sabha. They will have the chirpy Saif-ud-din Soz in company.
Some experience there. But for the six places in the Lok Sabha hall, some new friends. But six in a house of 545 is a dew drop in a sea.
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Mufti, How does it matter who is going, or for that matter whether any of those names mentioned goes to the LS or RS. What change have they made through these years. I am not from Kashmir, but from Kerala. With 20 MP's from the state, there is absolutely little they have made as a change to Kerala, so I can imagine what 5 would do to a state.
There was a song in one Malayalam movie, 'Kirthichakra', which rightly gave away the mood of the major population of Kashmir, the local population not the elitist ones.
"Khuda se mannat hei meri, lauta dey jannat hei meri⦠itâs a beautiful song and completely captures the emotions of each and every kashmiri, who is against militancy. I donât think any of the politicians from that state has ever been able to capture those emotions and there lies their failure.
I would rather agree with the other two readers. Focus of local issues and hope that makes some change. Local issues are what that matters. I donât care whether India is a nuclear state or a space nation, as long as I am not getting enough to feed my family.
Though I am not sure whether I would be representing the major population of the youth, I guess the consensus would more or less be same. Politics sucks. Not that the youth donât want to make a change, the old blokes in the block wont let you make a change. Otherwise why would Government jobs have a 55-60 year retirement age, while politics is always the job of the elderly. Youth blood should be inducted and the parties should have the will to bring in youth. The biggest farce would be the student unions of this country run by people who are in their late 40 and 50's... Now from when on did people of this age bracket come to be called as youth...!!! ...Reply
well its the most disgusting blog in recent times...it doesnt matter who goes to the parliament this year....for gods sake focus on local issues like wateer and electricity ...Reply
No use n utter waste of time.The most junkest blog i ever read... Sorry Mufti for a harsh opinion. But its the truth. ...Reply
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