‘Farooq likely to take charge of the party, may be projected an CM candidate’
Srinagar: National Conference after getting routed in all the three Lok Sabha seat in Kashmir Valley is going to held a post-poll meeting in coming week. Almost all the National Conference senior leaders and Legislative members visited residence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday where the party cadres held daylong deliberations over the failure of the party in Parliament elections. The meeting was presided by Omar Abdullah.
Reliable sources told CNS that important political decisions would be taken in the post-poll meeting that is going to be held in coming week. Sources said that in order to instill confidence amoung National Conference workers Dr Farooq Abdullah would be elected as the president of the party and if insiders are to be believed, the party will also declare him as the Chief Ministerial candidate for the State Assembly Elections that are going to held in November this year.
Source said that after the debacle of Congress in New Delhi, Farooq Abdullah is likely to concentrate its full focus and attention of state politics. Highly placed sources told CNS that the party president Omar Abdullah in consultation with party patron Dr Farooq Abdullah is mulling to reshuffle the party in a bigger way. “You will see a lot of changes in the party in coming days. I don’t know what is going to happen but whatever will happen, that will have greater political significance,” a party leader on condition of anonymity told CNS.
Party insiders told CNS that the political leadership of party believes that besides anti-incumbency factor, ‘dissension’ factor also played a major role in the debacle of the party in the Parliament elections.
Highly placed sources told CNS that there are at least six top leaders including five legislators who are not happy with the party as according to sources party sidelined them ever since it assumed power in December 2008. (CNS)